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Really well executed.

This forces the reader to confront their misconceptions about what is going on by exploring edge cases. (number + string == ??). Teaching models that force you to guess when you are uncertain can create a deeper understanding by preventing hindsight bias. Everything seems obvious once you know the answer -- the hard part is convincing the student they would have gotten the question wrong before you told them.



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