Equal Sign
Equals Sign
noun
How do you represent an equal number? With an equal sign.
It's worth pointing out that this is a pretty formal word that's used in advanced math. In everyday conversation, people would use イコール for the equal sign.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
「イコール」って「等号」って言うんだ！知らなかった。
The "equal sign" is called "tōgō"! I didn't know that.
コウイチは等号の上と下の線が同じ長さじゃないと気分が悪くなる。
Koichi feels sick if the top and bottom lines of an equal sign are not the same length.
等号の右側の数式が正か負かについて、注意する必要があります。
You have to pay attention to whether the formula to the right of the equal sign is plus or minus.