This morning Sparkle made up some math word problems for Glitter over breakfast.
Sparkle: Sam and Lisa have ten bars. If Sam has five bars, how many does Lisa have?
Glitter: Five!
Sparkle: Sam has ten balls. These are the same people. Sam has ten balls. Lisa has five balls. If Sam gives Lisa two balls, how many balls will Lisa have?
Glitter: Seven!
Sparkle: Okay, Sam has eight cards. Oh, no cars. Sam has eight mini-cars. Oooh shoes! Sam has eight pairs of shoes. Lisa has ten pairs of shoes. If Sam gives Lisa two pairs of shoes, how many pairs of shoes will Lisa have?
Glitter: Ten-two.*
Sparkle: Very good.
I'm quite impressed that Sparkle knows Glitter's abilities well enough to design problems that she can actually solve.
* "Ten-two" is the way my math program teaches how to think of 12.
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