When You Arrange Two Rows of Five Pennies Each and Place

question 237

Multiple Choice

When you arrange two rows of five pennies each and place them a half-inch apart in the first row while separating the other row of five pennies by three inches, the preoperational child will say that the second row has more pennies. However, the concrete operational child has the capacity to __________ numbers and will not make this same error.

• A)add
• B)subtract
• C)symbolize
• D)conserve

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A numeric system used worldwide, consisting of ten digits from 0 to 9, originally developed by mathematicians in the Arab world.

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