General Math

The following general math notation can be entered in Show My Work boxes.

WebAssignReferenceStudent Help
WebAssign Student Help

Notation

Keyboard

Button

Notes

Decimal number

0123456789.

Fractions

fractions button

You cannot use the keyboard.

Mixed Numbers

mixed numbers button

You cannot use the keyboard.

Addition

+

Operators › +

Subtraction

-

Operators › −

Multiplication

Operators › ×

You cannot use the keyboard.

Division

Operators › ÷

You cannot use the keyboard.

Plus or minus

Operators › ±

Minus or plus

Operators › ∓

Parentheses

(

parentheses button

A closing parenthesis is automatically inserted.

Equal

=

Symbols › =

Greater than

>

Symbols › >

Greater than or equal to

Symbols › ≥

You cannot use the keyboard.

Less than

<

Symbols › <

Less than or equal to

Symbols › ≤

You cannot use the keyboard.

Approximately equal

Symbols › ≈

You cannot use the keyboard.

Not equal

Symbols › ≠

You cannot use the keyboard.

Absolute value

| or abs(

absolute value button

pi

\pi

pi button

Infinity

infinity button

You cannot use the keyboard.

Imaginary unit

i

Symbols › i

Factorial

n!

Functions › factorial button

hbar

hbar button

You cannot use the keyboard.