Comments on: The math problem: All rote, no reasoning http://communitycollegespotlight.org/content/the-math-problem-all-rote-no-reasoning_11501/ Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Marshall http://communitycollegespotlight.org/content/the-math-problem-all-rote-no-reasoning_11501/comment-page-1/#comment-6253 Marshall Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:15:45 +0000 http://communitycollegespotlight.org/?p=11501#comment-6253 Which is greater, a/5 or a/8?
Sounds like a trick question to me.

if a == 0, then they’re equal.
if a > 0, then a/5 is greater.
if a < 0, then a/8 is greater.

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