An E-R diagram may also indicate the cardinality of a relationship. Cardinality is the number of instances of one entity that can, or must, be associated with each instance of another entity. In general we may speak of one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many relationships.
There are several different styles used to draw Entity-Relationship diagrams. The Kendall and Kendall text uses the Crow's Foot notation. Using this notation entities are represented by rectanges and relationships are indicated by lines connecting the rectangles. Cardinality is shown by a series of "tick marks" and "crows feet" superimposed on the relationship lines.