Chemistry marking symbols

When your assignments are marked, sometimes you may not understand why your answer is not marked correct. These are some marking symbols that teachers used to help you zoom in on where u went wrong.

Chemistry Marking Symbols



S/N	Symbol	Meaning
1	x	wrong facts
2	…	to elaborate further
3	^	missing words / incomplete
4	Gd!	Good answer
5	ü	Acceptable (but can be improved)
6	mis	misconception
7	sp	spelling
8		see me
9	\	blank
10		wrong phrase
11	wt	wrong term
12	s	missing statement for chemical calculation
13	N	N = number of marks awarded
14	ecf	error carry forward
15	u	wrong / missing unit
16	care –	careless!