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10 hours agoSettings don’t really matter if you’re comparing two models side by side, and yes I see the same indecision in your reply.
.model ollama:qwq:32b
> Which is larger, 9.21 or 9.1999999999?
<think>
Okay, let's see... I need to figure out which number is bigger between 9.21 and 9.1999999999. Hmm, both numbers start with 9. So the first digit after the decimal point is important here.
Starting with the first number, 9.21. That's straightforward—it's nine and twenty-one hundredths. The digits after the decimal are 2 and 1.
The second number is 9.1999999999. This looks like it's nine point one followed by a bunch of 9s. Let me write them out to compare digit by digit.
Let me line them up:
9.2100000000
9.1999999999
Wait, right? Because 9.21 is the same as 9.2100000000 if we add more decimal places. So now comparing each digit after the decimal:
First digit after the decimal: both have 2 vs. 1. Wait no—the first number's first decimal digit is 2, and the second one's first decimal digit is 1? Wait wait, hold on.
Wait, actually, let me check again. The first number is 9.21. So breaking it down:
- The integer part is 9.
- Decimal parts: tenths place is 2, hundredths is 1, and then the rest are zeros if we go further.
The second number is 9.1999999999. Let's see:
- Integer part also 9.
- Tenths place: 1 (since it's .1...), then the next digits are all 9s up to the 10th decimal place?
Wait, so tenths digit of first number is 2 vs. second one's tenths digit is 1? That already would make the first number larger because 2 is bigger than 1 in the tenths place.
But maybe I'm miscounting the places? Let me confirm.
For 9.21: The first decimal digit (tenths) is 2, second (hundredths) is 1, then zeros beyond.
For 9.1999999999: Tenths place is 1, hundredths is 9, and then each subsequent digit up to the 10th decimal is also 9.
So when comparing the two numbers:
At the tenths place:
- 9.21 has a 2
- 9.199... has a 1
Since 2 > 1 in the tenths place, that means 9.21 is larger right there. The digits after that don't even matter because the first differing digit (the tenths) already determines it.
But maybe I should think if there's another way. Suppose someone might confuse the number of decimal places? Like thinking that more 9s make it closer to 9.2? Wait, but 0.1999999999 is actually equal to 0.2 when rounded to one decimal place because 0.1999999999... recurring would be exactly 0.2, but here the second number has finite decimals—it's not an infinite series.
Wait a second—wait, 0.1999999999 is just under 0.2, right? Because if you have infinitely many 9s after 0.1..., then it equals exactly 0.2. But in this case, the number given is 9.1999999999 with only ten decimal places (assuming that's how it's written). Let me count the digits after the decimal for the second number:
After the decimal, starting from first digit:
1 (tenths), then nine more 9s? Let's see: 9.1 followed by 9, so total of 10 decimal places?
Yes, "9.1999999999" has 10 digits after the decimal. So that's tenths digit is 1, and then nine more 9s in hundredths to ten-billionths or whatever.
Therefore, comparing with 9.21 (which is 9.2100000000), the first difference is at the tenths place: 2 vs. 1. Therefore 9.21 is bigger.
Alternatively, if someone thought maybe converting both to the same number of decimal places? Let's see:
9.21 can be written as 9.2100000000
Comparing term by term:
First digit after .: 2 vs 1 → 2 is bigger. So yeah, definitely.
Alternatively, subtract them to see the difference?
Calculate 9.21 - 9.1999999999 = ?
Let's do that subtraction:
9.2100000000
-9.1999999999
= 0.0100000001
Which is a positive number, so yes, 9.21 is larger by approximately 0.01 (exactly 0.0100000001).
Therefore the answer should be that 9.21 is larger.
</think>
The number 9.21 is larger than 9.1999999999.
**Step-by-Step Explanation:**
1. **Compare the integer parts:** Both numbers have an integer part of 9, so move to the decimal parts.
2. **First decimal place (tenths):**
- 9.21 has a tenths digit of **2**.
- 9.1999999999 has a tenths digit of **1**.
Since \(2 > 1\), the number 9.21 is already larger at this point. The remaining digits do not need to be compared further.
3. **Verification via subtraction:**
- Subtracting \(9.1999999999\) from \(9.21\) gives:
\[
9.2100000000 - 9.1999999999 = 0.0100000001
\]
The positive result confirms that \(9.21\) is indeed larger.
**Answer:** 9.21 is larger than 9.1999999999.
> .copy
> .info
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That’s… not true at all. It had the right answer, to most of the questions I asked it, just as fast as R1, and yet it kept saying “but wait! maybe I’m wrong”. It’s a huge red flag when the CoT is just trying to 1000 monkeys a problem.
While it did manage to complete the strawberry problem when I adjusted the top_p/top_k, I was using the previous values with other models I’ve tested and never had a CoT go that off kilter before. And this is considering even the 7B Deepseek model was able to get the correct answer for 1/4 of the vram.