DMC Embroidery Needles Size 3 - 9

The needles are okay, but the packaging for DMC's needles is so needlessly frustrating and opaque for a beginner. There's no indication which size is which - a simple number printed above each group or an actual-size diagram on the back of the package would save so much confusion. I had to buy a needle card set and I matched these up with crewel needles - never would have known that based on the packaging. And size 3-9 implies sizes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, right? - but there are two size 3 needles, four size 5s, four size 7s, and six size 9s. The bigger the size number, the smaller the needle. Hope this helps someone as confused as I was.