Appendix 6 Reading Mathematical Symbols

1/2	a (one) half
1/6	a (one) sixth
3/4	three fourths
0	 = nought  = zero 
0.5	(nought) point five
0.004	(nought) point two noughts four = two oes [z] four = point zero zero four
0.28	nought point twenty eight
2.50	two point five (nought)
53.46	fifty-three point four six = five three point four six
10,000	ten thousand
a^0	a to the power of zero
a^2	a squared
a^3	a cubed
10^-5	the minus fifth power of ten = ten to the minus fifth power
10^2	ten to the second (power) = ten squared
10^-1	ten to the minus first (power)
10^3	ten to the third (power) = ten cubed
a = b	a equals b = a is equal to b
a ≠ b	a is not equal to b
a > b	a is greater than b
a < b	a is less than b
a >> b	a is much greater than b
a << b	a is much less than b
a ≈ b	a is approximately equal to b
аb	a sub b = a subscript b
a + b	a plus b
a – b	a minus b
a b	a times b = a multiplied by b
a b	a divided by b
	a over b
ab/ cd	a times b over с times d
[a]	a in brackets
(a)	a in parentheses
( )	round brackets
[ ]	square brackets
%	per cent
52%	fifty-two per cent
dx	differential of x
	the integral of
	double integral
	x squared divided by у cubed in parentheses to the m-th (power)
	square root of a
	third (cube) root of a
ln x	natural logarithm of x
log x	(common) logarithm of x
log102 = 0.30103	logarithm of two to the base ten is nought point three nought one nought three

Appendix 7 Measurements (Inantimate)

in	inch(es)	sq in	square inch(es)	cu in	cubic inch(es)
ft	foot/feet	sq ft	square foot/feet	cu ft	cubic foot/feet
yd	yard(s)	sq yd	square yard(s)	cu yd	cubic yard(s)
—	mile(s)	—	square mile(s)	—	—
mm	millimetre(s)	mm^2	square millimetre(s)	mm^3	cubic millimetre(s)
cm	centimetre(s)	cm^2	square centimetre(s)	cit^3/cc	cubic centimetre(s)
m	metre(s)	m^2	square metre(s)	m^3	cubic metre(s)
km	kilometre(s)	km^2	square kilometre(s)	—	—