More than - ">" and less than "<", right? Thanks for the help.
2007-01-07 13:16:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
In the US we are taught to read left to right. I always imagine that if I am reading left to right that the open "mouth" pointing to the left means bigger or "greater" and the "mouth" pointing to the right shows the smaller or "less" side first. Kinda silly I guess but it works for me :)
2007-01-07 13:28:02 · answer #1 · answered by Stacy H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More Than Less Than Symbols
2016-10-01 05:35:15 · answer #2 · answered by youngman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of the signals as an alligator mouth. The alligator is eating the bigger number. Therefore 5>2. The alligator is eating the 5. 5 is greater than 2. Same goes with less than: 12<13.
2007-01-07 13:21:01 · answer #3 · answered by katvelk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the signs are alike, you add. If the signs are different, you subtract. For ex. -4 - 5 = -9 (You added 4 and 5 and then added a neg. symbol because both of the #s were negative.) 4 -5 = -1 (You subtracted 4 from 5 and then added a neg. symbol because 5 is bigger than 4.) If you have a subtraction symbol right beside a negative #, the signs become a positive. For ex. -3 --4= 1 (You say -3 plus 4 = 1)
2016-03-17 23:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The larger side of the symbol is the larger number and the smaller end points to the smaller number.
2007-01-07 13:21:31 · answer #5 · answered by Wendi lu who 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you read from left to right, so you start with the value on the left side of the symbol. if the symbol is opening toward that value than it is greater than. if it is opening the other way it is less than the other value. so what you said is right.
2007-01-07 13:20:03 · answer #6 · answered by shmousy636 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pac man's mouth faces the larger number cause he's hungry. In other words, the open side goes to the larger number and the pointed side goes to the smaller number.
2007-01-07 13:39:13 · answer #7 · answered by j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The larger term is at the larger end ex
10>5
1<5
2007-01-07 13:19:33 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at it dis way.. number that faces the open end will be greater than the number that faces the smaller end.. for eg.. 9>3 (nine is greater than 3).. 4<6( four is less than six)
2007-01-07 13:19:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's what I tell my kids i teach.... If you straiten out a less than sign < it looks like and L. And since less than starts with L, < is a less than sign. This means > is greater than.
2007-01-07 15:25:26 · answer #10 · answered by googooslide2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋