What does this symbol mean?

Question

this < with a line under it

please leave details on how its used..THANKS

Answer 1

"Less than or equal to"

Answer 2

Friend,

"<" means "less than". The opposite of < is >, which means "greater than".

If you put the line under either of them, they become "less than or equal to" or "greater than or equal to".


The symbols are used in inequalities, which are basically pairs or groups of numbers where one number is larger than the other. The "alligator mouth" of the symbol faces the larger number. An example is

2 (blank space) 5

You need to put a symbol in there to show which is greater.

So you choose <.

2 < 5

This is read as "2 is less than (or equal to, if it had the line) 5."


It doesn't work in the other way. You have to use the correct symbol...

2 > 5

is not true, since the "alligator mouth" needs to be facing the bigger number. It would read as "2 is greater than 5", which is obviously false.

Instead it should be

2 < 5

which is true.


These symbols become useful in algebra, where we have variables like X to represent numbers, for example

X < 8


So X is less than (with the line, it's less than or equal to) 8. Therefore, X can equal 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, etc.


I hope that makes sense.


May God bless you.

Answer 3

It means less than or equal to.

3 Is less than or equal to 5.
It is used a lot with number lines
(The difference between a closed circle and an open circle.)

Answer 4

Less than or equal to. It is used to say whatever is on the left side of the symbol is less than or equal to whatever is on the right side. For instance, (I'm going to use <_ to stand for your symbol) 4 <_ 91; 7 <_ 7; and n <_ 83 if n = 24. You can also use it for non mathematical terms (although this is generally opinion), such as Orlando Bloom <_ Johnny Depp; or War <_ Peace.

Answer 5

< is less than
< (with a line under it) means "less than OR EQUAL TO"

> is greater than
< (with a line under it) means "greater than OR EQUAL TO"

It's used to show the values of two (or more) numbers.

3 < 1 means 3 is less than 1.
x < 2 means x is less than 2 (in other words, x is all numbers that are less than 2, NOT INCLUDING 2).
x <_ 2 means x is less than OR EQUAL to 2. (so it's all numbers starting with 2 and going backwards.)

Answer 6

Less than or equal to. Example:

x<4 means x is strictly less than 4. x cannot equal 4.

x<=4 (this is how we write it when our keyboard can't underline the "<") means x is no greater than 4. x can be equal to 4, or anything less.

Leafs Suck.

Answer 7

Less than or equal too, depending on the way it is positioned.

x≤9 means the value of x is less than or equal to nine

Answer 8

it means less than or equal to. if you have a probem like 24(then the sign)8x then that means 8 times x can equal 24 or anything less. so heres the problem

24(sign)8x

and x can equal anything that multiplies by 8 and equals 24 or less.

Answer 9

Less than or equal to.

Used to compare two numbers: 3 is less than or equal to 5.

Answer 10

It means less than or equal to.

Answer 11

it means less than or equal to. It is a mathmatical term- meaning numerical value A is less than or equal to numerical value B.
Wikipedia gives a good in depth description of it and its counterparts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less_than_or_equal_to