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Greater than has the symbol ">" which means whatever the first value is is larger than the second value.

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"3 is greater than 1.2" would be written like this:

3 > 1.2

and would be a true statement since 3 is larger than 1.2.

"3 is greater than 4.2" would be written like this:

3 > 4.2

and would not be a true statement since 3 is not larger than 4.2.

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