Jul 27, 2020 · If the symbol appears before a confidence interval in the numeral part of a quantity, then too the pronunciation is "plus or minus". If the symbol appears before the first term in an …

Aug 24, 2023 · In my experience, however, en-dash, hyphens, and minus signs are all routinely denoted by the same symbol in typing on a computer, and are used interchangeably.

Dec 5, 2022 · What's an umbrella term for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division? What do you individually call each of these: 1+2, 5-2, 3*4, 10/5? Those cannot be …

Oct 28, 2024 · + in math is a sign. And we say plus by convention. In fact, the formal term for it is: a plus sign. The others signs are: the minus sign (-), the multiplication sign (x) and the division …

Because, however, the minus sign is used in mathematics to designate (1) negative numbers, (2) the operation of subtraction, and (3) additive inverses, it is very common for people, even …

Dec 23, 2015 · The first one can be read similarly (one plus minus two equals minus one), but having something like 1 - (1 - 2) = 2, that's different, you need to say there's a bracket, and …

Feb 24, 2025 · What is the difference between all of them? Especially between minus with and without additional spaces. Note: I generally can understand hyphen used to connect several …

Oct 18, 2018 · Or informally ± (plus or minus). The point x is within the circle C. In this situation I would assume you mean strictly less than. I.e. if the point lies exactly on the border of the …

May 20, 2015 · I have to explain in words this formula: A = -log(X) My guesses would be either: A is the minus logarithm of X A is minus the logarithm of X Is one of these expressions, or yet …

Apr 1, 2018 · This is an mathematical statement and the "plus" is part of the first expression that is equal to four (which is the second expression). Similarly, two times three equals six, and three …