It means less than or equal to
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The "underlined" less than sign is actually a sign meaning "less than or equal to" and it is the equal to part which looks like an underline.
An inequality must have a greater than sign (>) OR a less than sign (<) OR a greater than or equal to sign (≥) OR a less than or equal to sign (≤).
If the two sides of the equation are unequal, you need the greater than or the less than sign instead of the equal sign. If the left side is less, use the less than sign. Otherwise, use the greater than sign.
The less than sign I believe that you are talking about is the minus/subtraction sign? The addition sign, +, is the opposite of the subtraction sign :)
It means greater/less than or equal to. For instance x>3 could be any number greater than 3, but not 3. With the underline, it could be any number greater than or including 3.