Welcome to a tutorial on how to write Math equations in HTML. The Internet has come a long way from the Stone Age, and HTML is now fully capable of handling various types of content, languages, images, audio, and videos. But there is one mystery left unanswered… How do we write Math equations?
There are a few ways to write Math equations in HTML:
- Use HTML Math symbols and tags to build simple equations.
- Refer to this list for the available Math symbols.
- For example,
∛ 27 = 3
will display as ∛ 27 = 3.
- For complicated equations, use a library to help – Check out MathJax.
- Lastly, use online generators to create images of equations – Check out Mathcha.
That covers the basics, but let’s walk through detailed examples in this guide – Read on!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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HTML MATH EQUATIONS
All right, let us now get into the various ways and examples of writing Math equations in HTML.
TUTORIAL VIDEO
METHOD 1) HTML SYMBOLS & TAGS
1A) BASIC HTML MATH SYMBOLS
<!-- NOT EQUAL -->
<p>1 + 1 ≠ 11</p>
<!-- CUBE ROOT -->
<p>∛ 27 = 3</p>
<!-- POWER OF -->
<p>3<sup>4</sup> = 81</p>
Just what kind of sorcery is this? What is that ∛
and <sup>
tag?
- In short, there are a ton of HTML symbols available, and we can define them using
&CODE;
. For example,≠
“translates” to the “not equals” symbol. <sup>
is but a simple superscript tag.- Not in the above example, but the other useful one is the
<sub>
subscript tag.
P.S. HTML symbols are not restricted to only Math. There are also many other icons, smileys, arrows, etc… I will leave a link to a complete list of Math symbols in the extras section below.
1B) MORE MATH WITH CSS
<style>
/* (A) MATH SYMBOL "WRAPPER" */
.math { display: inline-block; }
/* (B) SMALL FONT SIZE FOR SUPER & SUB SCRIPT */
.math .smol {
font-size: 0.9em;
height: 0.9em;
}
/* (C) BIG FONT SIZE FOR SYMBOL ITSELF */
.math .big {
font-size: 1.4em;
height: 1.4em;
}
</style>
<div class="math">
<div class="smol">n</div>
<div class="big">∑</div>
<div class="smol">i=1</div>
</div>
<div class="math">
<div class="smol"> </div>
<div class="big">c = cn</div>
<div class="smol"> </div>
</div>
As you might have seen from the above, those are only simple equations. If we want to have “advanced equations” such as summation… Things are going to get a little rough. In a nutshell:
- We have created “3 layers”
.math
containers here. - For the first
<div class="math">
–- Both the top and bottom
.smol
layers are used to specify the upper and lower limits respectively. - The middle layer
∑
is the summation (sigma) symbol.
- Both the top and bottom
- For the second
<div class="math">
–- Both the top and bottom
.smol
layers are empty with a white space
. - The middle layer is the formula
c = cn
.
- Both the top and bottom
Yep… This is kind of a painful way to do it, but it works.
METHOD 2) MATH LIBRARY
2A) MATH EQUATIONS WITH TEX
<!-- (A) LOAD THE MATHJAX LIBRARY -->
<!-- DOCS: https://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/basic/mathematics.html -->
<!-- DEMO: https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax-demos-web -->
<script src=""></script>
<script id="MathJax-script" async src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mathjax@3/es5/tex-mml-chtml.js"></script>
<!-- (B) TEX EQUATION -->
$$\sum_{i=1}^nc=cn$$
Following up on the above, there are thankfully libraries that we can use. This is a popular one called MathJax, and it supports multiple “Math Code Languages” – Tex, LaTeX, MathML, and AsciiMath. While this library is not the friendliest for beginners, this is still way better than manually creating formulas using raw HTML and CSS.
P.S. I will leave links for the library tutorials in the extra section below.
2B) MATH EQUATIONS WITH MATHML
<math display="block">
<!-- (A) DF / DX -->
<mfrac>
<mrow>
<mi>d</mi><mi>f</mi>
</mrow>
<mrow>
<mi>d</mi><mi>x</mi>
</mrow>
</mfrac>
<!-- (B) = -->
<mo>=</mo>
<!-- (C) DF / DU -->
<mfrac>
<mrow>
<mi>d</mi><mi>f</mi>
</mrow>
<mrow>
<mi>d</mi><mi>u</mi>
</mrow>
</mfrac>
<!-- (D) . -->
<mo>⋅</mo>
<!-- (E) DU / DX -->
<mfrac>
<mrow>
<mi>d</mi><mi>u</mi>
</mrow>
<mrow>
<mi>d</mi><mi>x</mi>
</mrow>
</mfrac>
</math>
This is another example of the Mathjax library, but using the MathML “language”. I prefer this over the “less human” Tex and LaTeX – As you can see, this is a lot more similar to HTML and easier to understand.
METHOD 3) IMAGE EQUATIONS
3A) ONLINE EQUATION EDITORS
If all else fails, we can always go back to the old school “write on a piece of paper, take a photo, post online”. But here is a small twist to make things look better. There are quite a lot of online tools that allow us to write Math equations easily. Here are a few of them:
- Online LaTex Equation Editor – Code Cogs
- Mathcha – Online Math Editor
- iMathEQ
Just do a search for “latex online editor”, “Math equation online”, or “latex to image”, and there will be plenty.
3B) LATEX TO IMAGE
What’s next is to simply use one of these tools to create the equation, and download it as an image accordingly – Finally, insert this image into your HTML file. Captain Obvious to the rescue.
EXTRAS
That’s all for this guide, and here is a small section on some extras and links that may be useful to you.
INFOGRAPHIC CHEATSHEET
LINKS & REFERENCES
- HTML Math Symbols – ginifab.com
- MathJax – Official Website | Documentation | Examples
- MathML Tutorial – Tutorialspoint
THE END
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In fact ∛ 27 = 3, not 9
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