I have a query below. I want get items between 4 and 6 so only a:1 should match because it has the value 5 in b. 

> db.test.find({ b : { $gt :  4  }, b: {$lt : 6}});
{ "_id" : ObjectId("4d54cff54364000000004331"), "a" : 1, "b" : [ 2, 3, 4, 5 ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("4d54d0074364000000004332"), "a" : 2, "b" : [ 2, 4, 6, 8 ] }
>

Can someone tell be why a:2 is matching this query? I can't really see why it is being returned.

I also tried what was specified in the tutorial but id did not seem to work:

> db.test.find({ b : { $gt :  4, $lt : 6}});
{ "_id" : ObjectId("4d54cff54364000000004331"), "a" : 1, "b" : [ 2, 3, 4, 5 ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("4d54d0074364000000004332"), "a" : 2, "b" : [ 2, 4, 6, 8 ] }
>

And this one to avoid any confusion regarding GT/GTE 

> db.test.find({b: {$gt: 4.5, $lt: 5.5}});
{ "_id" : ObjectId("4d54cff54364000000004331"), "a" : 1, "b" : [ 2, 3, 4, 5 ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("4d54d0074364000000004332"), "a" : 2, "b" : [ 2, 4, 6, 8 ] }
>

only a:1 should be returned.

As suggested, I gave $elemMatch a try but it did not appear to work either (objectIds are different because I am on a different machine)

> db.test.find();
{ "_id" : ObjectId("4d5a24a5e82e00000000433f"), "a" : 1, "b" : [ 2, 3, 4, 5 ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("4d5a24bbe82e000000004340"), "a" : 2, "b" : [ 2, 4, 6, 8 ] }
> db.test.find({b: {$elemMatch: {$gt : 4, $lt: 6 }}});
>

No documents were returned.

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