GRE数学符号与常用数学表达方式.doc

GRE/GMAT数学符号和常用的数学表达方式 数学试题中常用的数学符号总结如下： SYMBOL MEANING =is equal to≠ is not equal to ≈ is approximately equal to ＞ is greater than ≥ is greater than or equal to ＜ is less than ≤ is less than or equal to square root 0.8 the repeating decimal 0.888… r s’t” r degrees s minutes t seconds ∠angle rightangle ┻ is perpendicular │x│ absolute value of x ∥ is parallel to △ triangle ～ is similar to ≌ is congruent to △x delta x AB arc AB π pi(3.1415…) 1.is equal to; is the same as =the result is; yields; gives 2.the sum of x and y; the total of x and y; x added to y; x increased by y; x+y x more then y; x greater than y 3.x minus y; x less y; the difference of x and y; x take away y;from x subtract y’ x decreased by y; x-yx diminished by y; y is subtracted from x;y less than x (note the reversal) 4.x multiplied by y;xythe product of x and y; 5. divided by y;  the quotient of x and y; x y,y divided into x (note the reversal) 6.A and B are factors of C;A and B are divisors of C;C is divisible by A and by B; A B=CC is a multiple of A and of B;A divides C and B divides C; 7. the ratio of a to b a:b, 8. reciprocal of x 9. x times as many z as y; z=x y 10.a squared; a to the second power a2 11. a cubed; a3a to the third power 12. between a and b (a,b)between a and b, inclusive [a,b] 13. off 低于，从……中扣除 14. account for 占 15. third 16. of x (a fraction of x); x,0.75x 75% of x (a percent of x) 数学符号一般有以下几种： （1）数量符号：如 :i，2＋ i，a，x，自然对数底e，圆周率 ∏。 （2）运算符号：如加号（+），减号（-），乘号