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Determine whether 394 is greater
than or less than 397.

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Then write the expression that
shows this using either this

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symbol or that symbol,
and this is actually

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the less than symbol.

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We'll think a little bit more
about how to remember that.

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That is the less than symbol
and this is the

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greater than symbol.

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So first of all, let's
just look at the two

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numbers: 394 and 397.

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So let me write them down.

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394 and the other
number is 397.

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Now, they both have 3 hundreds,
so their hundreds

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place is equivalent.

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They both have 90 with that 9
there, but this is 300 plus 90

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plus 4 and this is 300
plus 90 plus 7.

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And we know that 4
is less than 7.

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If you look on a number line,
4 comes before 7.

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If you're counting the 7, you're
going to pass up 4, so

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394 is less than 397.

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And the way that we write that,
we would just write 394

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is less than 397.

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And the way I remember that this
means less than is that

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the smaller number is on the
side that has kind of a

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smaller side.

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You can imagine this side
is much smaller than

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this side over here.

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We could also write
it the other way.

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We could write 397 is
greater than 394.

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And once again, the bigger
number is the side that this

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little thing is opening onto
or the side that has the

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bigger side of this
symbol right here.

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This point is the
smaller side.

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This out here is the
bigger side.

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That's where you put
the larger number.

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Greater than, less than.