sorry for the trouble

I remember it like this

< is almost like L (just a little tilted)    and that one means Less than.

so the other one must be greater than

I like Geno's method too.   

The larger side is on the side of the larger number, i.e.

10>5

-2<2

100>10

To remember, simply imagine " < " as a Pacman who wants to eat the most food. Since 5 food is more than 3 food,  5 > 3.

The shape is like a funnel. The bigger number sits at the bigger side of the funnel.

The symbol always points to the smaller number:  10 > 2     and     3 < 7.

'>' means 'greater than'     and     '<' means 'less than'