Question

Fill in the blank with the correct symbol $ < $ or $ > $.
$415\_\_\_514$.

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we have been given two numbers and we have to compare and accordingly put the symbol between them. This symbol $' > '$ is known as greater than symbol. It means that the value on the left side is greater than the value on the right side. And the symbol $ < $ is known as the less than sign, it means that the value on the left side is greater than the value on the right side.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Here we have $415\_\_\_514$.
We will write both the numbers as sum of the numbers. The first number can be written as $415 = 400 + 15$ and the second number can be written as $514 = 400 + 114$.
From comparing both the numbers we can see that $400 = 400$ but the other number $114$ is greater than $15$.
Therefore from the above we can conclude that $514$ is greater than $415$.
Hence the required answer is $415 < 514$.
So, the correct answer is “$415 < 514$”.

Note: We should know that whenever we compare numbers, we generally talk about the sizes of the numbers. There is a trick to remember the less than sign i.e. $ < $. This sign looks like the English letter $L$, so it starts with less than sign. In the above question we can say the answer in two ways i.e. $415$ is less than $514$ or we can say that $514$ is greater than $415$.