Question

How do inequalities work

Answer 1

Think of it as a crocodile, if the crocodile's jaws are facing a number, that means it's greater but if it's back is turned to a number, that means it's less than the other number. Note that it's never always facing right or left it can be any direction.

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Answer 2

hmmm in short, the sign is like an opening with a corner > or <, and the value where the opening is, is the greater one, the value towards the corner, is the lesser one.

a > b <--- a is greater than b

b < a <--- a is greater than b

a ⩾ b <-- a is greater than or equals to b

b ⩽ a <--- a is greater than or equals to b

then again, you can also read it as

a > b <--- b is lesser than a.

b < a <--- b is lesser than a.