Basic Math Symbols and Terminology

The temperature in Spartanburg is fifty-seven degrees. Which representation is fifty-seven degrees?

• @57

• 57¢

• 57°

• #57

The temperature for freezing in Fahrenheit is thirty-two degrees. Write thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit using numerical representation and symbols.

• 32°

• 30°

• 35°

• 40°

The English classroom you are assigned is number sixty-two. Which of the following shows number sixty-two?

• #62

• @62

• $62

• x 62

Write in words what this is saying: #45.

• Number forty-five

• Number fifty-four

• Number forty-four

• Number forty-six

I bought sodas at the QT for 3 @ $.75 means.

• I buy 3 sodas for a total of seventy-five cents.

• I buy 3 sodas at seventy-five cents each.

• I buy 3 sodas for a total of seventy-five dollars.

• I buy 3 sodas at seventy-five dollars each.

Select all ways to write seventy-five cents.

• $0.75

• $.75

• 75¢

• 75%

Write the symbol that corresponds to the following words: Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction, Dollars, Cents, At, Degrees, Percentage, Number.

• Multiplication: *, Division: /, Addition: +, Subtraction: -, Dollars: $, Cents: ¢, At: @, Degrees: °, Percentage: %, Number: #

• Multiplication: x, Division: ÷, Addition: plus, Subtraction: minus, Dollars: USD, Cents: cent, At: at, Degrees: degree, Percentage: percent, Number: num

• Multiplication: x, Division: :, Addition: add, Subtraction: subtract, Dollars: dollar, Cents: c, At: a, Degrees: d, Percentage: p, Number: n

• Multiplication: *, Division: :, Addition: +, Subtraction: -, Dollars: $, Cents: c, At: @, Degrees: d, Percentage: %, Number: n

The symbol for ‘number’ and ‘pounds’ is the same symbol (#). You also know it as ‘hashtag’. How do you know when the symbol should be read as “number” or “pounds”?

• Context of usage

• Position in a sentence

• Font style

• Color of the symbol

Write twelve minus three equals nine using numbers and symbols.

• 12 - 3 = 9

• 12 - 3 = 8

• 12 - 3 = 10

• 12 - 3 = 7

Write eighty divided by four equals twenty using numbers and symbols.

• 80 / 4 = 20

• 80 / 5 = 20

• 80 / 4 = 25

• 80 / 3 = 20