Math Symbols in Spanish

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matemáticas= mathematics
símbolos matemáticos= mathematical symbols

How To Talk About Math in Spanish

Whether you're still taking math classes in school or just need to figure out how to calculate the tip on your next restaurant bill, knowing how to talk about and do math is an important skill in any language. In this article, we've prepared a list of the most common math-related words in Spanish to help you with all your future calculations!

Common Math Words

Spanish	English
número	number
número par	even number
número impar	odd number
número primo	prime number
número entero	integer
adición	addition
sustracción	subtraction
división	division
multiplicación	multiplication
cálculo	calculation
ecuación	equation
producto	product
fracción	fraction
porcentaje	percentage
decimal	decimal
función	function
promedio, media	average
aritmética	arithmetic
álgebra	algebra
geometría	geometry
cálculo	calculus

Math Symbols

Symbol	Spanish	English
+	signo más	plus sign
-	signo menos	minus sign
÷	signo de división	division sign
×	signo de multiplicación	multiplication sign
=	signo de igualdad	equals sign
%	signo de porcentaje	percent sign
( )	paréntesis	parentheses
√	signo de raíz cuadrada	square root sign
<	menor que	less-than sign
>	mayor que	greater-than sign
≤	menor o igual que	less-than or equal to sign
≥	mayor o igual que	greater-than or equal to sign
≠	signo de desigualdad	inequality sign
/	barra de fracciones	fraction slash

Now that you know the vocabulary and the symbols, let's take a look at how you might talk about a typical mathematical equation:

Equation	Spanish	English
1 + 1 = 2	uno más uno es igual a dos	one plus one equals two
4 - 3 = 1	cuatro menos tres es igual a uno	four minus three is equal to one
4 ÷ 2 = 2	cuatro dividido entre dos es igual a dos	four divided by two is equal to two
3 × 1 = 3	tres por uno es igual a tres	three times one is equal to three
90%	noventa por ciento	ninety percent
√4 = 2	la raíz cuadrada de cuatro es dos	the square root of four is two
3 < 5	tres es menor que cinco	three is less than five
7 > 5	siete es mayor que cinco	seven is greater than five
6 ≠ 8	seis no es igual a ocho	six is not equal to eight
1/3	un tercio	one third