The 1 < 4 type, not the Occupy Wall Street Kind.
"Now Munchkin, does the alligator choose three cookies, or two cookies?"
"Three cookies."
"Does the alligator choose two cookies, or one cookie?"
"One cookie."
"Does he choose three cookies, or five cookies?"
"Both."
"He has to choose one."
"Okay, he chooses one cookie."
"No, he has to choose one number."
"Okay, he chooses eleventy-billion cookies."
"No, which is bigger, three, or five?"
"Three."
"How is three bigger than five?"
"Because you drew a bigger three there, and that's kind of a little five."
"No, which represents the larger quantity of cookies?"
"Can I have a cookie?"
"If you do this page of arithmetic I will give you a cookie."
"Can I have five cookies?"
I say the alligator is smart enough to know if it's hungry for three cookies or for five, and it doesn't need us to tell it which to choose.
ReplyDeleteMy philosphy on math is this: If I can't figure out the answer on my own, I know who to ask. Too bad they don't give tests on how savvy your are--only how "smart".
(the blogger formerly known as "Elle")
LOL @ "Because you drew a bigger three there, and that's kind of a little five.".
ReplyDeleteShe kind of does have a point...