{"id":68,"date":"2023-02-12T07:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T07:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2023-02-12T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T09:25:22","slug":"greater-than-and-less-than","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/greater-than-and-less-than\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Than and Less Than"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greater than\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Less than\u00a0<\/strong>are represented by the symbols ><\/strong> and < <\/strong>respectively. We use these symbols to compare values.<\/p>\n

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Instead of writing: 5 is greater than 3, we can write: 5 > 3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The symbol should always ‘point’ to the smaller value.<\/p>\n

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When this concept is first taught, the symbols are often linked to the visual of a greedy crocodile. His mouth will always be open ready to eat the greatest value.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 8 > 3<\/h4>\n

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Curriculum Link<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can compare, describe
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\ngreater than.
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You may be interested in learning more about:<\/p>\n

Equal to and Not Equal to<\/a><\/p>\n

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  Greater than\u00a0and\u00a0Less than\u00a0are represented by the symbols > and < respectively. We use these symbols to compare values.   Instead of writing: 5 is greater than 3, we can write: 5 > 3. The symbol should always ‘point’ to the smaller value.   When this concept is first taught, the symbols are often linked … Continue reading Greater Than and Less Than<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3794,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}