Question

Choose the correct rules for comparing two numbers.

• A. If two numbers have different number of digits, then the number with more number of digits is greater.
• B. If two numbers have different number of digits, then the number with less number of digits is greater.
• C. If two numbers have same number of digits, then the number with bigger leftmost digit is greater.
• D. If two numbers have same number of digits, then the number with smaller leftmost digit is greater.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

The correct options are
A

If two numbers have different number of digits, then the number with more number of digits is greater.

C

If two numbers have same number of digits, then the number with bigger leftmost digit is greater.

(A) If two numbers have different number of digits, then the number with more number of digits is greater.

For example: 345 > 69 since 345 has 3 digits and 69 has 2 digits.

(C) If two numbers have the same number of digits, then the number with the greater digit on the left is greater.

For example: 6735489 > 4874037 since leftmost digit 6 is greater than 4.

Options A and C are correct.