The greater than and less than symbols are generally used to represent the inequality expressions. The symbol used to represent greater than is “>” and less than is “<”. If one value is larger than the other value, we use greater than. Similarly, if we want to represent one value that is less than the other value, we use less than. For example, 5 is greater than 5. It is mathematically expressed as 5 > 3. In the case of expressing 4 is less than 8, it is mathematically expressed as 4 < 8.