Basic Math Symbols – “Symbol Quest”

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Across
  1. 3. (√) – A symbol used to indicate roots.
  2. 5. (÷) – The process of splitting a number into equal parts.
  3. 8. (≠, >, <, ≥, ≤) – A comparison showing one value is greater or less than another.
  4. 11. (≈) – A value close to the exact answer but not exact.
  5. 13. value (|x|) – The distance of a number from zero on a number line.
  6. 15. (×) – A shortcut for repeated addition.
  7. 16. (+) – The process of combining two or more numbers to get a sum.
  8. 17. (!) – The product of all positive integers from 1 to n.
  9. 19. (²,³,⁴, etc.) – A small number indicating how many times a number is multiplied by itself.
  10. 20. (∑) – The total sum of a sequence of numbers.
Down
  1. 1. (−) – The operation that finds the difference between two numbers.
  2. 2. (=) – A relationship where two expressions are exactly the same.
  3. 4. (∞) – A quantity that has no end.
  4. 6. (mod) – The remainder after division of one number by another.
  5. 7. root (√) – A number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number.
  6. 9. (ⁿ) – Repeated multiplication of the same number.
  7. 10. (1/x) – The value that, when multiplied by a number, gives 1.
  8. 12. (%) – A fraction out of 100.
  9. 14. (ax) – The number in front of a variable in an expression.
  10. 18. root (³√) – The value that, when used three times in multiplication, results in the given number.