Greater than > less than

[MendoDave]

I see this all the time where people have the < or > signs all mixed up. or maybe I'm just loopy and forgot something from the 3rd grade.

This is the way I was taught.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/equal-less-greater.html

However in this Page which is the ODOT trip check page (Oregon)



Road closed
Greater than 2hr delay icon> 2hr delay (symbol says less than 2 hr)
20min to 2hr delay icon20mn-2hr delay
Less than 20min delay icon< 20mn delay (symbol says greater than 20mn)
No to Min. delay iconNo to Min. delay

Or am I all screwed up and everybody else is right?

If they wrote delay = X and then wrote X<20mn that would work I guess...

[spolic]

It's Oregon. That is your first problem.

[MendoDave]

I've seen people do it on this board...

[Speeddog]

By my interpretation, they are following the standard format of 9>5, 3<7...
The all red box symbol is used for delays greater than 2 hours: > 2 hr delay.
The one third red box symbol is for delays less than 20 minutes: < 20 min delay.

Or is there something interactive on the site that pops up when you mouse over the symbol?

[Triple J]

Picture looks OK to me

> 2 hr = greater than 2 hour

< 20 min = less than 20 minutes

I'm guessing the confusion is because there isn't a number on the left hand side of the symbol? We read from left to right though, so < is a "less than" symbol and > is a "greater than" symbol, regardless of whether numbers are present or not.

[Mulletbiker]

Sorry No, symbols are correct, the larger of the amounts is always on the "open" side of the symbol

full red box is "greater than" 2 hour delay

1/3 red box is "less than" 20 minute delay

[ducpainter]

Who's on first?

[MendoDave]

Picture looks OK to me

> 2 hr = greater than 2 hour

< 20 min = less than 20 minutes

I'm guessing the confusion is because there isn't a number on the left hand side of the symbol? We read from left to right though, so < is a "less than" symbol and > is a "greater than" symbol, regardless of whether numbers are present or not.

OK that is what is messing me up. No number on the left hand side to me means that the symbol only pertains to the number on the right. So I read  < 20 Min as  "Greater than 20Min"   


20< Min

[red baron]

where's my tin hat?

[Duck-Stew]

where's my tin hat?

Over there >>>>>>>

Or is it over there <<<<<<<

[The ModFather]

The pic is correct think of the symbol as a funnel.

greater than > less than

[Slide Panda]

Who's on first?

What?!
No..

Who's on 2nd

[ducpainter]

What?!
No..

Who's on 2nd

You know perfectly well What's on second.

[ducatiz]

and in âˆ'...

[Howie]

and in âˆ'...