Question

Fill in the blanks using sign $>,<\text{or}=$

$\text{XVII \_\_\_\_}\text{XVI}$

Answer 1

In the Hindu-Arabic numbers,

We know that

$$\begin{gathered} \text{XVII}=\left(10+5+1+1\right)=17 \\ \text{XVI}=\left(10+5+1\right)=16 \end{gathered}$$

Now,

$$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow 17>16 \\ \therefore \text{XVII}>\text{XVI} \end{gathered}$$