Which operator checks if one value is greater than another?

• A. Less than
• B. Greater than
• C. Division
• D. Assignment

Answer: (B)

The main idea is using a comparison operator to see if one value is bigger than another. The greater-than operator, written as >, compares two values and yields true if the left-hand value is larger than the right-hand value; otherwise it yields false. This is how you decide different paths in programs, for example in an if statement or a loop that runs only while a condition holds. For instance, if score > passingScore, you can grant a pass or proceed to the next step. The other options don’t fit the idea: less than checks if the left value is smaller, division performs arithmetic to produce a quotient, and assignment stores a value in a variable. So the operator that checks for being larger is the greater-than operator.