Britannica Discovery Library Volume 10 - Numbers by Pamela Dell (Author), Kathryn Harper and Mark Domke

By Pamela Dell (Author), Kathryn Harper and Mark Domke (Editors)

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1 You can also play without going outside. Try collecting different-sized things like buttons, coins, pens, and pencils instead. Good Guesses Play this guessing game with a group of friends. Get a large jar. Pick one person to put several small objects into the jar—such as marbles, coins, small stones, jelly beans, or even toy dinosaurs. That person should count exactly how many of the things he or she is putting into the jar, but not let anyone else know how many there are. 2 3 You can make the game a little harder by writing an arithmetic problem on the other person’s back instead.

1 You can also play without going outside. Try collecting different-sized things like buttons, coins, pens, and pencils instead. Good Guesses Play this guessing game with a group of friends. Get a large jar. Pick one person to put several small objects into the jar—such as marbles, coins, small stones, jelly beans, or even toy dinosaurs. That person should count exactly how many of the things he or she is putting into the jar, but not let anyone else know how many there are. 2 3 You can make the game a little harder by writing an arithmetic problem on the other person’s back instead.

They are used for many other important things too. 60 Knowing about numbers helps us every day. Learning about numbers is so much fun too! 61 10 NU M BE RS GLOSSARY add (ad) to put two or more numbers together so that you end up with a larger number equal sign (EE kwal syne) a symbol meaning that different things are the same in size, number, or amount minus sign (MY nuss syne) a symbol that means to take away one number from another peacocks (PEE cox) birds that belong to the pheasant family and whose tail feathers form a beautiful fan when spread out plus sign (pluhs syne) a symbol that means to add two or more numbers together scurry (SKUR ree) to run quickly or to hurry subtract (sub TRAKT) to take away a number from a larger number so that you end up with a smaller number 62 Fun Ways to Learn about NU M BE R S Sticks and Stones Collection Name Those Numbers Go for a walk with a friend.

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