Alt Codes For Maths / Mathematics

ALT Codes - Alt Codes for Maths / Mathematics

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List of Alt Codes for entering Mathematical Symbols

ALT Codes for Mathematical Symbols

Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 48 - 57	0 - 9	zero to nine
Alt Codes for Basic Operators
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 43	+	Plus Sign
Alt 45	-	Minus Sign
Alt 0215	×	Multiplication Sign
Alt 0247	÷	Obelus / Division ign
Alt Codes for Pers
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 37	%	Percentage Sign
Alt 0137	‰	Per mille (per thousand)
Alt Codes for Bracketing
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 40	(	Open Bracket
Alt 41	)	Close Bracked
Alt Codes for Degree of Accuracy
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 241	±	Plus or Minus
Alt Codes for Fractions
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 47	/	Fraction seperator
Alt 0188	¼	Quarter
Alt 0189	½	Half
Alt 0190	¾	Three quarters
Alt 46	.	Decimal Point
Alt Codes for Equality
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 240	≡	Exactly Identical
Alt 61	=	Equals
Alt 247	≈	Approximately equal
Alt Codes for Inequality
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 60	<	Less Than
Alt 62	>	Greater Than
Alt 242	≥	Greater than or equal
Alt 243	≤	Less than or equal
Alt Codes for Powers
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 251	√	Square Root
Alt 252	ⁿ	Power n
Alt 0185	¹	To the power of 1
Alt 0178	²	squared
Alt 0179	³	cubed
Angles and Trigonometric Alt Codes
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 227	π	Pi
Alt 248	°	Degree sign
See also Greek Alphabet Alt Codes
General Mathematical Symbols
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 35	#	Number
Alt 236	∞	Infinity
Alt 230	µ	Micro
Alt 228	Σ	Sum
Alt 239	∩	Suggest definition
Integration / Integral Sign
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 244	⌠	Top half
Alt 245	⌡	Bottom Half

Comments

124 comments

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 16:00.

Thanks: Very Useful

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Submitted by pasco county realtor (not verified) on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 06:37.

Very easy step by step guidelines on the codes. Thank you very much.

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Submitted by Zdrowe Odzywianie (not verified) on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 16:28.

Awesome post. I just wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading through your blog posts. Thanks for the great content..

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 18:15.

you have to use the font Ariel Unicode MS

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Submitted by Anonymous4856 (not verified) on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 22:46.

∞ did for me

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 02:32.

it doesn't work for me either, even in that font mentioned 'Arial unicode Ms'

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 23:34.

Alt+236 doesn't work for me either, i get the symbol ý when i type in Alt+236

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Submitted by Dave (not verified) on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 13:58.

∞ called lemniscate or infinity symbol uses the Alt + 236 code just as you stated. I just used it to produce ∞. I am using Windows. Maybe you are not. I don't know if your system is something different which does not work for this symbol.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 15:31.

I'm not getting the "intersection of two sets" symbol with that code. Instead I'm getting "´".

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/08/2011 - 02:22.

0189 ½ 0188 ¼

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Submitted by JASON (not verified) on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 17:51.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 04:41.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 12:59.

Thanks helped me alot

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Submitted by ThanksNumber2 (not verified) on Sat, 02/20/2010 - 09:56.

this was very great i enjoyed learning it and i shall be useing it in the future

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Submitted by yonse (not verified) on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 14:11.

Doesn't work with OneNote but the Pi symbol is on the character map. Can't figure out how to use it in OneNote. Thanks.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 03:47.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 22:16.

What code can you use to place a number at the bottom of the line instead of the top? For instance ³ say I want the three on the bottom, like in a chemistry equation.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 04/24/2011 - 09:08.

control shift + for superscript and control shift - for subscript

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 04/18/2010 - 12:05.

Helped alot, thanks.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 00:56.

1/3 and 2/3 are Unicode, not ASCII.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 09:17.

227 WORKS WELL FOR ME π π π ☺

Seán

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Submitted by Cole A. (not verified) on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 15:42.

Thanks for all these great Alt codes! thaey help me out in math so much! i have been wandering for so long how to make mathmaticel Alt code haha well i know i have tyed alot but i like typing :/ Well i guess i should go the :) Thanks Again!

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 15:04.

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Submitted by Jeffrey Decker (not verified) on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 19:12.

Thank you very much i was wondering what the invinity code was!

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Submitted by Wyand (not verified) on Sat, 05/15/2010 - 18:13.

Thank you!

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Submitted by Ben (not verified) on Sat, 07/31/2010 - 12:58.

The sign you weren't sure about - ∩ - is 'Intersection', used in set theory to denote value that appear in all the specified sets. e.g. Set A = {2,3,4}, Set B = {3,4,5} Therefore the set A∩B consists of {3,4}.

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Submitted by Bethany (not verified) on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 12:26.

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Submitted by subcorpus (not verified) on Sat, 09/18/2010 - 06:25.

this a good list ... thank you for sharing !!!

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Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/26/2010 - 20:12.

it needs a doesn't equal sign. :/

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Submitted by sarit (not verified) on Sat, 10/09/2010 - 07:23.

Can u tell me please how should i write the 5/8 fraction using the alt key?

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Submitted by VonHooters (not verified) on Tue, 10/12/2010 - 23:40.

the Pi symbol looks like a square-ish n instead of having a wavy top

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 13:42.

Brilliant Thanks

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 15:32.

VERY INFORMATIVE! good.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 11/05/2010 - 01:45.

Yay. This is great. Hi Stephen.

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Submitted by air dryers (not verified) on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 11:07.

The name of the character comes from Spanish and Portuguese, from the Latin titulus meaning "title" or superscription", though the term “tilde” has evolved and now has a different meaning in linguistics.It was originally written over a letter as a mark of abbreviation, but has since acquired a number of other uses as a diacritic mark or a character in its own right.

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Submitted by Clint (not verified) on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 15:22.

Nifty.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 11/20/2010 - 13:41.

on my pc ALT 236 = "ý", not "∞"... i have a problème ?

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Submitted by wireless dog fence system (not verified) on Tue, 12/07/2010 - 08:04.

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Submitted by possible (not verified) on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 14:13.

verrrrrrrrrrry Good Job

THANKS

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 02:30.

Thanks; was looking for integral sign

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Submitted by serial killers list (not verified) on Tue, 02/22/2011 - 12:20.

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Thanks for the Alt Code. It will be very useful for me. Keep posting.

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