< reads as (object on the left) is LESS than (object on the right) > reads as (object on the left) is GREATER than (object on the right)

… with the “open” side towards the larger of the two numbers in order to make the equation correct. (Or the pointy side going towards the smaller of the two numbers)

Pointing to the left means less than.

The sign is a big, hungry alligator/fish/shark and it wants to eat the biggest number!

Mr.Pacman wants to the higher number to get the high score!

It sounds silly, but it works.

98>45

See the mouth? It goes to the big number.

< Less than > Greater than

< looks like an L as in Less Good luck!

It says “4 is greater than 3.”

See how the wide end is near the higher number?

less than is <. 3<5 It says "3 is less than five." See how the narrow end points to the smaller number?

i had a teacher in elementary school teach me that the arrow is an alligator…the open end is the mouth, and the alligator is eating the larger number.

So, < is less than, > is greater than.

Another way to think of it is to think of it as Pac-Man’s mouth…Pac-Man eats the bigger number.

the way I remember is that if the piont of the arrow is on the right, it is less than

The big open side on the left, bigger than

Good Luck