Chinese-Speaking Children Are Able to Map Numbers to Specific Quantities

question 48

Multiple Choice

Chinese-speaking children are able to map numbers to specific quantities at a younger age than English-speaking children because:

• A) Chinese-speaking children are smarter.
• B) Chinese-speaking children are better at math.
• C) the English language includes irregular number words.
• D) English words map very quickly to the base-10 number system.

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