Symbols
Mathematical symbols | Les symboles en mathématiques
plus | plus
moins | minus
fois | times
divisé par | divided by
égal equals
un signe de pourcent | a percent sign
un dièse | un carré a number sign
un signe du dollar | un dollar a dollar sign
un signe de cent | a cent sign
plus grand que (supérieur à) | greater than
plus petit que (inférieur à) | less than
les parenthèses | brackets
Please note these differences between French and English:
The Period | Le point ( . )
The Comma | La virgule ( , )
In French, a comma is used to indicate a decimal rather than a period as in English.
In French, a space is used to separate every three digits rather than a comma as in English.
English
2.5 (two and five tenths)
$2.50 (two dollars and fifty cents)
$3,435.25 (three thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty-five cents)
9.50 m (nine and one half metres)
French
2,5 (deux virgule cinq)
2,50 $ (deux dollars cinquante cents)
3 435,25 $ (trois milles quatre cent trente-cinq dollars et vingt-cinq cents)
9,50 m (neuf virgule cinq mètres)