Counting quantification
Okay kiddo, ever heard of counting? It's when you say how many things are there in a group. For example, you have five cookies. You can count them and say, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5 cookies!"
Now, counting quantification is a little fancier than that. It means counting how many things there are in a group, but not just any things – things that have something in common.
For instance, imagine you have a basket of fruits – some apples, some bananas, and some oranges. You could count all the fruits in the basket, but it wouldn't really tell you much about the different kinds of fruits you have. What if you wanted to know how many apples there are in the basket? That's where counting quantification comes in!
You can count the apples separately from the bananas and oranges. You'd say, "There are 2 apples and 3 fruits that are not apples."
This way of counting quantification is called "partitive" counting – you're dividing the group into parts and counting each part separately.
Does that make sense, little one?
Now, counting quantification is a little fancier than that. It means counting how many things there are in a group, but not just any things – things that have something in common.
For instance, imagine you have a basket of fruits – some apples, some bananas, and some oranges. You could count all the fruits in the basket, but it wouldn't really tell you much about the different kinds of fruits you have. What if you wanted to know how many apples there are in the basket? That's where counting quantification comes in!
You can count the apples separately from the bananas and oranges. You'd say, "There are 2 apples and 3 fruits that are not apples."
This way of counting quantification is called "partitive" counting – you're dividing the group into parts and counting each part separately.
Does that make sense, little one?
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