Comparing two positive or negative numbers

Difficulty Stretch · Set qbaurv

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1
Put in the sign, < > or =:-182-110
2
Put in the sign, < > or =:13549
3
Put in the sign, < > or =:12734
4
Put in the sign, < > or =:152-190
5
Put in the sign, < > or =:16123
6
Put in the sign, < > or =:-484
7
Put in the sign, < > or =:135-75
8
Put in the sign, < > or =:-195-129
9
Put in the sign, < > or =:1238
10
Put in the sign, < > or =:-177171
11
Put in the sign, < > or =:1838
12
Put in the sign, < > or =:200200
13
Put in the sign, < > or =:-129-200
14
Put in the sign, < > or =:80-45
15
Put in the sign, < > or =:-17138
16
Put in the sign, < > or =:11324
17
Put in the sign, < > or =:86-195
18
Put in the sign, < > or =:-26-125
19
Put in the sign, < > or =:-18421
20
Put in the sign, < > or =:70196

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 1 to 200.
49% of them have exactly one negative.
29% of them have no negative in them at all.
A careful solution takes 1 written step on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 100% of the problems: the two were compared by size alone.
Answers are a short answer exactly as the problem asks for it.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 240 different ones, 100% — so a sheet of 20 is a new sheet almost every time.

The same skill, harder or easier

We would put this in front of a grade 6 class. That is our judgement, not a standard, and it is printed here so you can disagree with it. Everything else we put in that year.