One way to remember which way greater than and less than symbols point is to think of them as mouths that want to eat the bigger number. Dream01 / Shutterstock
Greater than, less than, equal to: These terms are mathematical expressions that allow the user to compare two numbers or equations. Once you’ve become familiar with these terms — and the symbols used to represent them — you’ll be able to apply them to various math problems.
What Are Inequality Symbols?
The relevant symbols we’ll be discussing are defined through negation. Unlike the classic, familiar equal sign (=), which denotes two values that are equal, an inequality symbol tells us that two numbers are not or may not be equal.
There are a few different inequality symbols, but we’ll start with the two most common: greater than (>) and less than () is greater than the number that follows it. In the same way, the less than sign ( 2 (6 is greater than 2.)
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