Why Do Numbers Seem to Multiply When You Count?

Imagine you have a bag of marbles. You count them one by one, 1, 2, 3... It seems like the numbers just keep getting bigger on their own! That’s how counting works: every time you add another thing to your group, you say a new number. So it feels like numbers multiply when you count because they get larger and larger as you go.

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Examples

  1. Counting your fingers one by one, each finger makes a new number grow!
  2. When you count candies in a jar, it feels like they multiply as you go up to higher numbers.
  3. Counting steps on a staircase seems like the numbers keep growing and multiplying.

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