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The problem with this kind of simplistic analysis is that if you ask llama which of those numbers is larger it will of course get it right. Clearly there is so

• codethief 3y ago
  I think you're both right and, as always, the truth is to be found somewhere in the middle: > Which number is greater, 105,000 or 140,000? > 140,000 is greater than 105,000. > How do you know? > 140,000 is greater than 105,000 because 140,000 is 35,000 more than 105,000. But compare this to: > Which number is greater: 12345 or 112345? > 112345 is greater than 12345. > How do you know? > 112345 has more digits than 12345. > What about 123456 and 134567? > 134567 is greater than 123456. > How do you know? > 134567 has more digits than 123456. > But they have the same number of digits: Six. > 134567 has more significant digits than 123456. > What do you mean by that? > 134567 has more leading zeros than 123456. > But neither has any zero. > 134567 has more digits in total than 123456. > But that's not true. They have the same number of digits. Yet, it is true that 134567 is greater than 123456, as you say. But why? > 134567 is greater than 123456 because it has more digits in total. Another attempt, with smaller context size: > Which number is greater, 123456 or 134567? > 134567 is greater than 123456. > How do you know? > 134567 is greater because 123456 has 6 digits while 134567 has 7 digits. > But 134567 has 6 digits > 134567 has 7 digits.