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TRANSLATED MATHEMATICS STYLE GUIDE
Measurements
• Although measurements may be abbreviated, read the whole term
o cm is read as “centimeters”
o cm2 is read as “centimeters squared”
• The degree symbol o is read as ‘degrees’
o 42oF is read as ‘forty-two degrees Fahrenheit’
o 42oC is read as ‘forty-two degrees Celsius’
Numbers
• Numbers
o 23 is read as ‘twenty-three’
o 124 is read as ‘one hundred twenty four’
o 1,283 is read as ‘one thousand two hundred eighty three’
• Decimal numbers
o 1.23 is read as ‘one point two three’
o 0.015 is read as ‘zero point zero one five’
• Fractions
2
is read as ‘two thirds’
o
3
1
o
is read as ‘one half’
2
5
is read as ‘five thirds’
o
3
2
o 1 is read as ‘one and two thirds’
3
x
o Any fraction
with a denominator greater than 10 is read as ‘the fraction x over y’
y
89
o
is read as ‘the fraction eighty-nine over ninety’
90
• Percentages
o 15% is read as ‘fifteen percent’
o 1.23% is read as ‘one point two three percent’
• Money
o $4 is read as ‘4 dollars’
o $1.75 is read as ‘1 and 75 cents’
• Powers
o 22 is read as ‘two squared’
o 33 is read as ‘three cubed’
o 54 is read as ‘five to the fourth power’
o 2 −10 is read as ‘two to the negative tenth power’
o Scientific notation
 (a x 10n) is read as ‘a times 10 to the nth power’
 2 x 10-4 is read as ‘two times 10 to the negative fourth power’
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Roots and Radicals
36 is read as ‘the square root of thirty-six’
o
o
•
2 5 is read as ‘two times the square root of five’
3
36 is read as ‘the cubed root of thirty-six’
o
Ratios
o 12:8 is read as ‘the ratio twelve to eight’
Algebraic equations and expressions
• Basic Math symbols
+
‘plus’
–
‘minus’
x or •
‘multiplied by’ (except when otherwise noted)
÷
‘divided by’
=
‘equal’ or ‘equals or ‘is equal to’
<
‘is less than’
>
‘is greater than’
‘is less than or equal to’
≤
‘is greater than or equal to’
≥
• Algebraic equations, expressions, inequalities
o For MSP, equations are generally read to the student.
 3x + 4y = 76 is read as ‘three x plus four y is equal to seventy-six’
2

y = 24 is read as ‘two thirds y is equal to twenty-four’
3
 n(29.95 + 0.21) ≤ 100 is read as ‘n open parenthesis twenty-nine point nine five
plus zero point twenty-one close parenthesis is less than or equal to one
hundred’

X 5 = 20 is read as ‘box multiplied by 5 equals 20’
o For MSP, algorithms are generally NOT read to the student.
o For EOC exams, algebraic expressions or equations are generally NOT read to the
student.
 Replace with the phrase ‘…the equation(s) shown…’ or similar.
• Absolute value
o |4| is read as ‘the absolute value of 4’
• Trigonometry (EOC)
o DO NOT READ trigonometric expressions or equations.
• Function notation (EOC)
o f(x) is read as ‘f of x’
o g(-3) is read as ‘g of negative 3’
• Sequences and Series (EOC)
o a1 is read as ‘a sub 1’
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Geometry
• Points
o (3, 4) is read as ‘the point three (pause) four’
o (-3, 4) is read as ‘the point negative three (pause) four’
• Geometric symbols
o m∠ ABC is read as ‘m angle A B C’
o ∠ ABC is read as ‘angle A B C’
o ∆ ABC is read as ‘triangle A B C’
o EF is read as ‘line segment EF’

o AB is read as ‘line AB’
o Lꞌ is read as ‘L prime’
o For EOC exams, DO NOT READ geometric symbols for || (parallel), ≅ (congruent),
~ (similar), ⊥ perpendicular
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