symbols

+ plus

- minus

× multiplied by, times

÷ divided by

＝ equals

≠ does not equal

± plus or minus

＜ is less than

＞ is greater than

^１/_２ a half, one half

^２/_３ two thirds

^１/_４ a quarter

7^２/_５ seven and two fifths

^２１５/_３２９ two hundred (and) fifteen over three hundred (and) twenty‐nine

0.314 zero point three one four

√9 the square root of 9

^３√9 the cube root of 9

x^２ x squared

x^３ x cubed

x^ｎ x to the power of n; x to the nth power

3′ three feet; three minutes

3″ three inches; three seconds

50°C fifty degrees centigrade [Celsius]

90°F ninety degrees Fahrenheit

10 % ten percent

£ pound(s)

¢ cent(s)

$, dollar(s)

￥, , Y yen

& (ampersand) and

&c. et cetera

# number

. period, full stop

, comma

; semicolon

: colon

' apostrophe

‐ hyphen

— dash

〜 swung dash

? question mark

! exclamation mark [《米》 point]

‘ ' single quotation marks

“ " double quotation marks

( ) parentheses

[ ] square brackets

〈 〉 angle brackets

｛ ｝ braces

/ slash, virgule, slant

… ellipsis, suspension points

asterisk, star

† dagger

‡ double dagger

§ section mark

index, fist

∴ therefore

∵ because

acute accent

grave accent

circumflex

diaeresis

macron

″″ ditto marks