The version I was taught starts with the equals sign. There is nothing simpler to depict the concept of equality than two parallel lines of the same length. Now pinch one side to spoil the equalness, the pinched side points to the smaller number in the unequal pair.
Wait… was I the only one that got taught: small number on the small side, big number on the big side?
No cute little metaphor, just deal with the bleakness of the world, kids!
Wow. Your school hated you if you didn’t learn about the alligator or crocodile.
Not even a mention of the duck!
The version I was taught starts with the equals sign. There is nothing simpler to depict the concept of equality than two parallel lines of the same length. Now pinch one side to spoil the equalness, the pinched side points to the smaller number in the unequal pair.
This is like when I found out everybody else got a cute little song to memorize the quadratic equation.
Whaaat?? Gimme the song!
To the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel”
X equals the opposite of B Plus or minus square root B squared minus 4 A C All over 2 A!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOXYMRcWbF8
This is the tune.
I’m so sorry for you that you didn’t have a childhood