2006-12-14 17:24:19 · 9 answers · asked by Red 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
<, mean less than.
>,mean greater than.
2006-12-14 17:33:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the greater than/less than sign, read from left to right.
ex.
x > y
"X is greater than y"
X < Y
"X is less than Y"
Think of it as a gator mouth and it wants to "eat" the bigger number.
2006-12-15 01:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by pimpette666 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for example:
a
like 2<3 or 5>3
2006-12-15 01:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by fortman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
< means less than
> means greater than.
These are used in equations.
For example, the follownig is true:
3 < 5
7 > 6
2006-12-15 01:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by firefly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bigger quantity is always put on the side to which the sign opens...thats all. Thats when those signs get their meaning.
2006-12-15 01:28:23 · answer #5 · answered by mad_integer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one means less than the other mean greater than
18 > 5
100 < 2000
2006-12-15 01:32:44 · answer #6 · answered by Quiana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reading from left to right,
< reads "is less than", and
> reads "is greater than"
2006-12-15 01:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, really. Just make sure that you put the bigger thing on the open end!
2006-12-15 01:27:11 · answer #8 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More or less, it's inequatable.
2006-12-15 01:44:04 · answer #9 · answered by PanamaJack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋