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MATHEMATICS

READING BASIC FORMULAE

FORMULA (Sg) FORMULAE/FORMULAS (Pl)

- BASIC MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES:

Sign Noun Verb

+(plus) addition add

- (minus) subtraction subtract

X (multiplied by/ times) multiplication multiply

2 (divided by) division divide


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TYPES OF BRACKETS

- brackets

- square brackets

- curly brackets
LETTERS

ABC capital letters, ex. capital A, capital B, capital C.

def small letters, ex. small d, small e, small f.

FRACTIONS

1
2 one half

1
3 one third

1
4 one fourth

3
4 three fourths

2
3 two thirds

1
8 one eight

3
16 three sixteenths
READ OUT THESE FORMULAE

ab
1. X
c

A
2. x y
a b

3. I a n 1 d

4. V IR
1 1 1
5.
u v f

6. v u at

7. Ft mv mu

1 M
8. R

El

dQ
9. dz
q

10. E T Pce
MORE SYMBOLS AND VALUES:
2
x x to the power of two ( x to two/ x squared)

3
x x to the power of three (x to three/ x cubed)

n
x x to the power of n (x to n)

n 1
x x to the power of n minus one

n
x x to the power of minus n

x square root of x
3
x cube root of x
th
n
x n root of x
- Read out these values and equations:

1
20cms
2
98.3kms
3
33cm
2
4.39cm
31
9.1x10
1

x 2

x 4
2
a 1
b2

xy

3
x a
2
- Practice reading these expressions:

p 1
1. x p
x
p/q p
2. x x q

x a x a x a
2 2
3.

kx
4. y ae

5. x
nx mx 1 2
mn

y y
6. y y 22 1
x x
1 1 1
x x
2

7. x
y z
2 2

1
2 2 2
a b c


x1 x 2 y1 y 2 z1 Z 2
2 2 2
8. d

9. b
2
a 1 e
2
2

2
x y
2
10. 2 gx 2 fy c 0

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