write (6,10)

   10  format (1x, ' please enter a 3 digit number')

       read (5,8) number1

    8  format (i5)

       write (6,11) number1

   11  format (1x, ' the number you entered is ', i3 )

       write (6,10)

       read (5,8) number2

       write (6,11) number2

       if (number1 .GE. number2) write (6,27) number1

       go to 31

       if (number2 .GE. number1) write (6, 27) number2

   27  format (1x, ' the bigger number is ', i3)

   31  if (number1) 101, 102, 103

  101  write (6,105) number1

       go to 120

  102  write (6, 106) number1

       goto 120

  106  format (1x, i5, ' is neither positive nor negative ')

  103  write (6,107) number1

  107  format (1x, i5, ' is a positive number ')

  105  format (1x, i5, ' is a negative number ')

  120  stop

       end