IES Albayzn (Granada) Pgina 1

VOCABULARY
OPERATIONS

Addition
+ Plus
To Add
To sum
Addend
Total




Three plus four equals seven

3 and 4 are addends and 7 is the
sum or total.

Subtraction
Minus
Difference
To Take away
Deduct
Minuend
Subtrahend



Thirteen minus four equals nine
Thirteen deduct four equals nine
Thirteen take away four equals nine
The difference between thirteen and
four is nine

13 is called minuend, 4
subtrahend and 9 difference.


Multiplication
Times
To multiply by
Factors
Product



Eight times two equals sixteen
Eight multiplied by two is/make
sixteen


Division
Over
Divided by
Shared by
Dividend
Divisor
Quotient
Remainder

Fifteen over five equals three
Fifteen divided by two equals three








Dividend
Divisor
Quotient
Remainder
IES Albayzn (Granada) Pgina 2

Maths Symbols
+

Add or Plus or positive
-

Subtract or minus or negative
X *

Times or multiplies by

: /

Over or divided by or shared by

Add or Subtract
Plus or minus
Positive or negative
=

Equals or is equal to
=


Does not equal or is not equal
<

Is less than
>

Is greater than
s

Is less than or equal to
>

Is greater than or equal to
%
Per cent or percentage
.
Decimal point
2
x

X squared or x to the power of two
3
x

X cubed or x to the power of three

Square root
3

Cube root
( )
Round brackets or round parentheses
| |
Square brackets
{ }
Curly brackets

Implies
*
Asterisk or Star