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Compare numbers to 20

The sign always opens towards the bigger number: 7 > 3 and 3 < 7.

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How to do it

  1. Count the digits: more digits means bigger.
  2. Same number of digits: compare the first digit, then the next.
  3. Point the open side of the sign at the bigger number.

Worked example

12 ? 17
Further right on the number line is bigger.
12 < 17

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Think of the sign as a hungry mouth that eats the bigger number.

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