cannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHe’s smart, ok?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down112
arrow-up1326arrow-down1imageHe’s smart, ok?lemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoI’m thinking maybe “Because if you subtract 40 from my number you get a negative number,” but I could be either over- or under-thinking it.
minus-squarescibra122@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI was guessing either it has fewer digits or the tens digit is less than 4 would be the desired answers depending on what the selected number was, that kind of question feels like it would predate negative numbers on the learning curve
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago“Because it has less in it”
I’m thinking maybe “Because if you subtract 40 from my number you get a negative number,” but I could be either over- or under-thinking it.
I was guessing either it has fewer digits or the tens digit is less than 4 would be the desired answers depending on what the selected number was, that kind of question feels like it would predate negative numbers on the learning curve
“Because it has less in it”