Mathematical notation - Pronunciation

1. = (equal)
2. > (greater than)
3. < (smaller than)
4. ≥ (greater or equal to)
5. ≠ (not equal to)
6. α (alpha)
7. β (beta)
8. γ (gamma)
9. δ (delta)
10. λ (lambda)
11. ≤ (less than or equal to)
12. ≥ (Greater than or equal to)
13. ≪ (much less than)
14. ≫ (much greater than)
15. ( (open parenthesis) or left parenthesis
16. ) (closed parenthesis) or right parenthesis
17. [ (open bracket) or left bracket
18. ] (closed bracket) or right bracket
19. { ( open brace) or left brace
20. } (closed brace) or right brace
21. |𝑎| absolute value of a
22. 𝑎𝑛 – a superscript n OR a to the n
23. 𝑎𝑛 – a subscript n OR a sub n
24. √𝑎 - square root of a
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25. √𝑎 – cube root of a
𝑛
26. √𝑎 – nth root of a
27. Σ – summation
28. Π- product
29. ∫ - integral
30. ∩ - intersection

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31. ∪ - union
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32. 𝑛 – one over n
𝑏
33. a + 𝑑 - a plus the fraction b over d
𝑎
34. 𝑐 – a divided by the fraction c over d
𝑑
35. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝑟 2 – x squared plus y squared equals r squared
36. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 𝑎 – log to the base b of a

MATHEMATICAL SENTENCES
(A) Level 1

30
- 30% of 2018 = 100 x 2018
1 2 3
- = =
3 6 9

- 0.6% of 5000 < 1000

- ∠x + ∠y + ∠z = 180𝑜
- 54 x 3 ≤ 34 x 5
- √4 = 2
- x≠y
- 𝑥 2 = 4, x = ±2

(B) Level 2

2
 - sin(0.001) ≈ 0.001
𝑎11 𝑎12 𝑎13 𝑏11 𝑐11
- (𝑎21 𝑎22 𝑎23 ) (𝑏21 ) = (𝑐21 )
𝑎31 𝑎32 𝑎33 𝑏31 𝑐31
3
- √1000 = 10
√16
- <2
3

- 𝑥⃗ • 𝑦⃗ = k
4 5 0
- |𝐴| = |11 1 2|
1 5 2
cos 60°
- 𝑢∙𝑣 =
√6 √6
- cos(2x) = 1 - 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥

(C) Level 3

𝑎11 𝑎12 𝑎13 1 0 0

- (𝐴|𝐼 ) = (𝑎21 𝑎22 𝑎23 |0 1 0)
𝑎31 𝑎32 𝑎33 0 0 1
4
- √163 = 8
𝑏
𝑏 𝑓′ (𝑥) 𝑏 𝑥2
- ∫𝑎 𝑓(𝑥) dx = [ln(𝑥)]𝑏𝑎 OR ∫𝑎 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = [ 2 ]
𝑎

−𝑏 ±√𝑏 2 −4𝑎𝑐
- x= 2𝑎

3
 1 2 3
4 5 6
- A= 7 8 9
10 11 12
13 14 15
(16 17 18)