Minus

Type it

Ways to write the Minus symbol
UnicodeU+2212
LaTeX-
HTML entity−
Character−

Meaning

Subtracts the second quantity from the first. Placed in front of a single number, it marks the number as negative. Compare with Plus and Plus-Minus.

How to read it

9 − 5 = 4

is read “nine minus five equals four”.

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