The Study Skills Programme
Here is a list of common symbols and abbreviations ( there is space at the end for you to add your own abbreviations ):
Symbol / abbreviation
What it stands for because
therefore
+ or & and / plus
? question or doubt or possibility
> greater than
< less than
# or no . number
£ money or cost change
/ per or each
↑
→ ↓
↔
increase or improvement
leads to or causes decrease or deterioration
linked or connected
= equal to or the same
~ approximately or around or similar to
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