Ascending order means arranging numbers in ascending order from least to largest. The descending order, on the other hand, is when we arrange numbers in ascending order from a higher value to a lower one. Students also learn these to arrange the numbers from bigger to smaller numbers and also from smaller to bigger numbers.

For example, a set of natural numbers are in ascending order, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8… and so on. The inverse of increasing order is decreasing order or also called descending order. Various Mathematical symbols are used to precisely represent the concept statement. Ascending order is represented by the less than symbol ‘<‘.

Moving down the slide is descending. The opposite of descending order is known as ascending order, in which the numbers are arranged from lower value to higher value. The numbers on a number-line are always arranged in increasing order or ascending order. (see the direction of the arrow) Backward Counting is Descending order.