Place an < or an > symbol in the box to make a true statement. See Example 5....

Place an < or an > symbol in the box to make a true statement. See Example 5.

a. 11 _____ 8

b. 29 ___ 54

Reference Example 5.

Place an < or an > symbol in the box to make a true

statement: a. 3___ 7 b. 18 ____ 16

Strategy To pick the correct inequality symbol to place between a pair of numbers, we need to determine the position of each number on the number line.

Why For any two numbers on a number line, the number to the left is the smaller number and the number to the right is the larger number.

Solution

a. Since 3 is to the left of 7 on the number line, we have 3 < 7.

b. Since 18 is to the right of 16 on the number line, we have 18 > 16.