3.01 greater or less than 4?

Less

Step-by-step it is greater by 1.01

Less than

Step-by-step explanation:

3 itself is already less than 4. How can 3.01 be greater than 4? When comparing positive numbers, compare from left to right. If the place of the first number is larger (for example comparing 10 with 100), than the one with the larger place is greater (tenth place will always be smaller than hundreds place).

If the first digit of both numbers are the same place (for example 10 and 20), than look at the value, which one is greater? Since 2 is greater than 1, we know 20 is bigger than 10. This holds true regardless of what follows the 2 or 1. For example, 20 is still bigger than 19.987

The only exception is when we are comparing 20 and 19.999 (where 9 is repeated). I will not be proving it here, but 0.999 (9 repeated) is said to be equal to one. Which means that 20 and 19.999 (9 repeated) are equal.