Strengths and Weaknesses.
Oct. 23rd, 2012 02:29 pmI'm fairly certain my 6 year old son cannot count to twenty on his own yet (mostly due to his mispronunciation of thirteen and fourteen and thus getting stuck there), but he had no problem coming up with the following problem. And I'm reasonably certain he was sure of the answer.
C - "If you have nine-hundred, and you add nine-hundred, and you take away nine-hundred, and you add four, and you take away nine-hundred, what you do have?"
Me and the girls - "Four."
C - "Correct!"
C - "If you have nine-hundred, and you add nine-hundred, and you take away nine-hundred, and you add four, and you take away nine-hundred, what you do have?"
Me and the girls - "Four."
C - "Correct!"