6-2 The Symbols > and <

The symbol < means less than or equal to.  The symbol > means greater than or equal to.

As an example: for the variable m, m > 12.  The variable could be the number 12 or any number greater than 12.

Another example:  for the variable s, s < 3, in other words the variable could be any of the whole numbers 0, 1, 2, or 3.

The symbols >, <, and = are combined together to form the new symbols  > and <.

Look at this example: 12  >  n  <   16.

The set of numbers for the variable n would be 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 or the set (12, 13, 14, 15, 16).

We can order numbers using the > and < signs. 

For example:

3 < 5 < 11 < 13 is ordered least to greatest.

And 24 > 12 > 7 > 3 is ordered greatest to least.

Place a >  or  < sign in problem.

21    27	54    35
527    526	3,971    3,071
2,700    2,699	501    511
49    47	25,101    25,110
390,103    390,130	2,490,456    2,491,456
399,010    389,110	786,324    785,325

Choose the correct button.

(1, 2, 3, 4)	>	<	4		(6, 7, 8, 9)	>	<	6
(25, 26, 27)	>	<	25		(1, 3, 5, 7)	>	<	7
(11, 12, 13)	>	<	13		(44, 45, 47)	>	<	44
(17, 21, 24)	>	<	17		(99, 101)	>	<	101
(73, 82, 83)	>	<	83		(431, 432)	>	<	432
(101, 102)	>	<	102		(23, 27, 31)	>	<	23