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In this section we shall look at some of the symbols that are commonly used, and leading on from this we shall look at the language of set theory. A table of mathematical symbols is shown below:

Partial list of mathematical symbols

SYMBOL	READ AS (AND MEANING)
	the square root of 4
	the fourth root of 6
	the ninth root of 7 cubed/to the power of 3
3 < 5	3 is less than 5
10 > 8	10 is greater than 8
	m is greater than or equal to n
	q is less than or equal to p
	for all x
	there exist at least one x
	2 plus or minus 7
	4 is not equal to 5
	therefore true
	a implies b or a only if b
	c implies d and d implies c or c if and only if d
	4 factorial (i.e., 1x2x3x4)
	because a is less than or equal to b
| x |	the modulus of x or the absolute value of x
10% of 6	10 per cent of 6