Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #8092: Comparing absolute values - Comparing Absolute Values exercise: Multiple problems have incorrect answers
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-12-08 03:04:03+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, ie9, win7, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: arrowmethies@hotmail.com

Many of the answers to these problems are incorrect.
Example, -9___|4|. Obviously the distance of -9 is greater than (>) the distance of 4. And the video confirms that I am looking at the problem correctly. But it will only accept less than (<) as the correct answer and the hints don't explain why that would be the correct answer.

[comparing_absolute_values.html?seed=138&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/comparing_absolute_values.html?seed=138&problem=0&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/comparing_absolute_values.html?seed=138&problem=0&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%3CCODE%20style%3D%5C%5C%5C%22DISPLAY%3A%20none%5C%5C%5C%22%20type%3D%5C%5C%5C%22math%2Ftex%5C%5C%5C%22%3E%26gt%3B%3C%2FCODE%3E%5C%22%22%2C7%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%3CCODE%20style%3D%5C%5C%5C%22DISPLAY%3A%20none%5C%5C%5C%22%20type%3D%5C%5C%5C%22math%2Ftex%5C%5C%5C%22%3E%26gt%3B%3C%2FCODE%3E%5C%22%22%2C412%5D%5D)

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