Writing and Working with Math Symbols, for Math Teachers

It can be incredibly frustrating trying to create your own materials for math classes if you’re relatively new to it. Maybe you’ve tried “insert equation” and you’ve tried EquatIO but the formatting just isn’t doing it for you. There’s another way.

Here is the best method I’ve found so far for writing equations quickly and easily, with beautiful formatting.

1.) Enter your equation in Desmos. Writing equations in Desmos is quick and easy, and looks great. However, when you try to copy and paste equations from Desmos…

you get code.

f\left(x\right)=.0001\left(x^{4}-16x^{3}-755x^{2}+8550x+45000\right)

Latex code. You’ll need to translate that.

2.) Copy and paste your Latex code into this website. It’ll turn your code into a beautifully formatted equation:

https://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php

3.) Copy and paste the beautifully formatted equation into your document.

Alternatively, you can learn LaTeX. However, if that’s more than you’re looking for at the moment, try this technique. You might like it.