Symbol Language in Learning Math in School

The purpose of this paper is to describe the symbol language in learning mathematics in school. To communicate a concept especially in the learning of mathematics required a symbol that is the language of symbols. Symbols are images, shapes, or objects that represent an idea or number of things. Without the meaning attached to it, the symbols on mathematics become meaningless, and dry to meaning. Mathematics itself is a language, meaning that mathematics is not just a tool of thought, a tool to find patterns, but also as a vehicle for communication between students and communication between teachers and students, where the math there are symbols. In communicating the meaning of the symbols many things that need to be considered by the teacher, such as the diversity of characteristics of students in the class, so that the meaning of the symbol can be up to the students.