Is it possible to use "less than" instead of "less than or equals" in a query?

I am trying to create a query taking input from a user that will return work items that has a certain attribute with value less than the parameter provided by the user.

I know that it is possible to create two checks, "less than or equals" and "is not" on the same value to create a functional "less than". However I want to avoid the user having to provide the same parameter twice to run the query.

Is there any way to use a "less than" in an attribute query check? Or is there any way to use a parameter provided by a user in multiple checks?