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So how are the following symbols used again because I forgot:
< and > (I know how to use the = sign)

2006-08-24 13:46:28 · 14 answers · asked by Charmaniac 2 in Education & Reference Homework Help

14 answers

I'll give you a couple of examples:
5>3 [> is greater than]
1<7 [< is less than]

2006-08-24 13:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by TomServo 3 · 0 0

this < means less than and > means greater than
for ex. 52<102. 52 is less than 102. another ex is 7>4. 7 is greater than 4.one way to remember this is which ever # is greater is the amount of cookies there are and the cookie monster has his mouth open to to(>). hope i helped =)

2006-08-24 20:50:54 · answer #2 · answered by Milan 2 · 0 0

read from the left, that's my key

< is less than, > is greater than

example 10 < 20, read 10 is less than twenty

or 20 > 10, read 20 is greater than 10

2006-08-24 20:49:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

< is less than

> is more than

You read from left to right ex: 3<4 is read 3 is less than 4
4>3 is read 4 is greater than 3

2006-08-24 21:36:44 · answer #4 · answered by Diana 1 · 0 0

the number that appears on the closed end of the symbol is always smaller than th number appears on the open end of the symbol.

2006-08-24 20:56:16 · answer #5 · answered by tan_kaa_milan 3 · 0 0

the first one is less than and the 2nd is greater than.

wow youre the 23943924th person whose asked for math help today.

including me.

2006-08-24 20:48:17 · answer #6 · answered by yep 2 · 0 0

the alligator mouth always eats the bigger number. example 1 <4 4 > 1

2006-08-24 20:50:05 · answer #7 · answered by cccbonick 2 · 1 0

Less than and greater than respectively

2006-08-24 20:47:50 · answer #8 · answered by igɳo★ 3 · 0 0

< means less than
I always remember that by the letter "L" shape is < which means less than
> means greater than

2006-08-24 20:48:59 · answer #9 · answered by SweetBrunette 5 · 0 0

if u make < this sign with your left hand it makes an L thats how i always remember

2006-08-24 20:49:49 · answer #10 · answered by what the random 2 · 0 0

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