If You Ever Wondered Who Invented the Equal Sign🤔

Added: 2026-06-05

[00:00:00]Have you ever wondered who invented the equal sign? Most people assume it's always existed, but that's not the case.

[00:00:06]So, where did it come from? I'll explain. But, if you love math, tap like, click subscribe, then share. Back in the 1500s, mathematicians wrote out the words is equal to every time they solved an equation. One mathematician got tired of doing [music] that, so he created a symbol using two identical horizontal lines. Since the lines were the same length, he thought they were the perfect way to represent equality.