Which way to put greater than/less than signs

[MaiaRodriguezChoi3E]

Sorry, dumb question: When the textbook says to order something in increasing order, which way do you put the greater than/less than symbols?

[Christopher Wendland 4F]

If something is increasing in order you put the greater than sign opening towards the one that is larger.
smallest<medium<biggest

[Hailey Boehm 2H]

If you are putting something in increasing order, you use the less than sign, which is <. The sign is always "open" facing the greater value. So, a list of something in increasing order would look like:
x < y < z, where z is greater than y, and y is greater than x.