Prentice Hall Geometry

Table 3 Reading Math Symbols

Symbols Words
dot dot dot and so on
equals is equal to, equality
almost equal to is approximately equal to
not equal to is not equal to
greater than is greater than
less than is less than
greater than or equal to is greater than or equal to
less than or equal to is less than or equal to
not greater than is not greater than
not less than is not less than
plus plus (addition)
minus minus (subtraction)
middle dot comma times times (multiplication)
n squared square of n
square root of x nonnegative square root of x
plus minus plus or minus
percent percent
absolute value of eh , absolute value of a
open close comma left bracket right bracket parentheses and brackets for grouping
p rightwards arrow , q if p, then q
p left right arrow , q p if and only if q
tilde operator p not p
rightwards arrow maps to
negative eh opposite of a
d distance
M midpoint
degrees degree(s)
modified eh b with left right arrow above line through points A and B
eh b bar segment with endpoints A and B
eh b vector ray with endpoint A and through point B
AB length of eh b bar
angle eh angle with vertex A
angle eh b c angle with sides b eh vector and b c vector
m angle eh measure of angle A
Angles. angles
cap delta eh b c triangle with vertices A, B, and C
box drawings light down and left right angle symbol
Triangles. triangles
approximately equal to is congruent to
neither approximately nor actually equal to is not congruent to
tilde operator is similar to
modified equals with question mark above Is this statement true?
white parallelogram ABCD parallelogram with vertices A, B, C, and D
Parallelograms. parallelograms
eh prime image of A, A prime
A area
s length of a side
b base length
h height, length of an altitude
d diameter
r radius
P perimeter
pi pi, ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
C circumference
b sub 1 , comma . b sub 2 bases of a trapezoid
d sub 1 , comma . d sub 2 lengths of diagonals
a apothem
B area of a base
L.A. lateral area
S.A. surface area
script l slant height
V volume
n-gon polygon with n sides
circle dot eh circle with center A
modified eh b with frown above arc with endpoints A and B
modified eh b c with frown above arc with endpoints A and C and containing B
m , modified eh b with frown above measure of modified eh b with frown above
parallel to is parallel to
up tack is perpendicular to
m slope of a linear function
b y-intercept of a linear function
eh colon b comma , eh over b ratio of a to b
tangent eh tangent of angle eh
sine eh sine of angle eh
cosine eh cosine of angle eh
open eh comma b close ordered pair with x-coordinate a and y-coordinate b
modified eh b with right harpoon up above vector with initial point A and terminal point B
u 3 x comma y u 3 ordered pair notation for a vector
modified v with right harpoon up above vector v
P(event) probability of an event
. matrix with 2 rows and 2 columns , row1 column 1 , 1 , column 2 2 , row2 column 1 , 3 , column 2 4 , end matrix matrix

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Table of Contents

Prentice Hall Geometry Chapter 1 Tools of Geometry Chapter 2 Reasoning and Proof Chapter 3 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Chapter 4 Congruent Triangles Chapter 5 Relationships Within Triangles Chapter 6 Polygons and Quadrilaterals Chapter 7 Similarity Chapter 8 Right Triangles and Trigonometry Chapter 9 Transformations Chapter 10 Area Chapter 11 Surface Area and Volume Chapter 12 Circles Skills Handbook Reference Visual Glossary Selected Answers Index Acknowledgments