Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MATH file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert MATH to another file type
To convert MATH documents to another format, you need MathType or other Data software.
Convert a file to MATH
To convert other file formats to the "Math Equation File" file type, you need software like MathType or a similar tool.
About MATH files
The .math file extension primarily represents an interactive mathematical course document or an equation created by math authoring software. Its most common association is with the ActiveMath e-learning system and MathType, a popular visual equation editor developed by Wiris. Additionally, the Free Math App generates .math files to store digital worksheet problem sets. To open these files, users typically need the original authoring software installed. MathType handles equation editing within word processors, while the Free Math App relies on web-based or standalone viewers. You can also inspect Free Math worksheets using standard text editors because they utilize the JSON structure under the hood. The main disadvantage of the .math format is its lack of portability. Proprietary files from ActiveMath or MathType cannot be opened directly by web browsers or standard image viewers. Users without an expensive software license are often locked out of viewing the mathematical data. Furthermore, MathType files rely heavily on OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) for integration with Microsoft Word, which routinely breaks when shared across different operating systems. To solve these problems, converting .math files is highly recommended. The best target format for equations is MML (MathML), a standard web format that preserves structural mathematics. Alternatively, you can convert them to EPS or SVG for lossless vector graphics, or PDF for static document sharing. Note that converting a MathType file to an image format strips its underlying mathematical logic, making it uneditable. Because .math is often a closed, proprietary format, standard online converters usually fail to process it. Only the original software can properly read or export the fully editable data. However, convert.guru provides a pragmatic workaround. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, like the JSON data used in Free Math App worksheets, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your MATH file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert MATH file to , you can use MathType or similar software from the "Mathematical Equation Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to MATH, try MathType or another comparable tool in the "Mathematical Equation Storage" category.
The MATH Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MATH converter.