How do you use greater than and smaller than signs?

Answer 1

If the question is how do you remember which one is which, here are two possible methods: 1. The height of the symbol is smaller at the pointy end than it is at the "open" end. So the smaller, pointy end points towards the smaller number. 2. "<" looks a bit like the letter L for "is Less than".

Answer 2

You can use them not only in maths but also in general typing too. In maths, greater than shows that one side has a larger value than the other. For example: 6 > 2, this says that 6 is greater than 2. The same applies for less than. For example: 1 < 7, this says that 1 is less than 7. A way to remember which is which is that the greater number has the greater gap between the lines in the symbol. As for general typing, they can be used to indicate arrows like this: ---> or like this: >>>>. These can also be used in algebra, for example if "2x > 10" you can divide both sides by 2 to get "x > 5". I hope this helped!