What’s in a Name? — Important Questions

Four (4), Five (4), Nine (4)

Count letters in each number name: Four = F-O-U-R = 4 letters. Five = F-I-V-E = 4 letters. Nine = N-I-N-E = 4 letters. Ten = T-E-N = 3 letters. One = O-N-E = 3 letters. Six = S-I-X = 3 letters.

Things you can eat vs. things you cannot eat, Round objects vs. not round objects, School items vs. non-school items

Multiple groupings work: Eat/not eat: apple can be eaten, others cannot. Round/not round: ball and apple are round, book and pencil are not. School/not school: book and pencil are school items, ball and apple are not primarily school items.

True

Count letters: 'thirteen' = T-H-I-R-T-E-E-N = 8 letters. 'twelve' = T-W-E-L-V-E = 6 letters. Since 8 > 6, thirteen has more letters than twelve.

Cannot make equal teams (27 children)

Step 1: Total children = 15 + 12 = 27. Step 2: To make equal teams, we divide by 2. Step 3: 27 ÷ 2 = 13.5, which is not a whole number. Step 4: Cannot make two equal teams with 27 children.