Typewriter Notation Examples

Both Typewriter and Standard Notations Shown

Liberal Arts Mathematics students will not have extensive need of these skills, but should consider looking over the examples shown here.

Students in other courses will need to understand how to translate between 'standard' and 'typewriter' notation.  The process is not difficult, but you may require occasional practice.

Alternative pages, designed for practice, include the following:

• Typewriter expressions with links to standard form, which does not show the standard-form expression until you click on the link.  The recommended use of this page is to write out the standard-form expressions, then click on the links to see if you wrote them correctly.
• Standard-notation expressions, which shows only the standard-form versions of these expressions.  The recommended use of this page is to put the expressions into 'typewriter' form, then check to be sure your form is correct.
• Examples with Explanations, which shows everything you see on this page, but which includes explanations.  This page also includes simplifications of most expressions, which are explained in 'typewriter' notation then rendered in standard notation.

Each expression is shown below in typewriter notation, then in standard notation.

#1: 2 - 3 / 5 + 7 

#2: 2 - (3 / 5 + 7)

#3: (2 - 3) / 5 + 7

   

#4: (2 - 3/5) + 7

   

#5: (2 - 3)/(5 + 7)

   

#6: a - (b / c + d)

   

#7: (a - b / c) + d

   

#8: (a - b) / c + d

   
#9: (a - b) / (c + d)

   

#10: a - b / c + d

#11: a - (b / c + d)

   

    

#12: a - b / (c + d)

   

#13: 2-3 / 5-7

   

#14: 2-(3 / 5-7)

   

#15: (2-3 ) / 5-7

   

#16: (2-3 / 5)-7

   

#17: y2 - y1 / x2 - x1

   

#18: (y2 - y1) / x2 - x1

   

#19: (y2 - y1 / x2) - x1

    

#20: y2 - (y1 / x2 - x1)

   

#21: y2 - (y1 / x2) - x1

   

#22: (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

   

#23: x - 3 / [ (2x-5)^2 * 3x + 1 ] - 2 + 7x

   

#24: (x - 3) / ( (2x-5)^2 * 3x + 1) - 2 + 7x

   

#25: (x - 3) / ( (2x-5)^2 * 3x + 1 - 2 + 7x)

   

#26: x - 3 / ( (2x-5)^2 * 3x + 1 - 2 + 7x)

   

#27: (x - 5) ^ 2x-1 + 3 / x-2

   

#28: (x - 5) ^ (2x)-1 + 3 / x-2

   

#29: (x - 5) ^ (2x-1) + 3 / x-2

   

#30: (x - 5) ^ (2x-1) + 3 / (x-2)

   

#31: (x - 5) ^ (2x-1 + 3 / x-2)

   

#32: (x - 5) ^ (2x-1 + 3 / (x-2))

   

#33: (x - 5) ^ 2x-1 + 3 / (x-2)

   

#34: (x - 5) ^ 2x-1 + (3 / x-2)

   

#35: (x - 5) ^ (2x)-1 + (3 / x-2)