Question

A tile factory shipped 342,805 ceramic tile in 2010. In 2011, they shipped 342,805tiles. In which Year did the tile factory ship more tiles? Use >,<,or = to write a comparison.

Answer 1

It would be = because they shipped the same amount in each year

Answer 2

Since the tile factory sent the same amount of tiles for both years, neither sent more than the other. So they would be = to. So you would write as follows.
342,805 = 342,805