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Would like to “fix” the issue with the first few numbers after 10. They make it much harder to teach a young child the concept of base ten counting. Would be
by onos 5y ago
Would like to “fix” the issue with the first few numbers after 10. They make it much harder to teach a young child the concept of base ten counting. Would be much easier if we would replace “ten” by “teny” then “eleven” -> “teny-one” etc.
- funnybeam 5y agoActually it should be "onety" and "onety-one". "ten" is as much of a problem as eleven and twelve. Mind you, I've always had a soft spot for dozenal so could quite happily go the other way, but I guess that's a different discussion
- ALittleLight 5y agoOne ten one, one ten two, etc is my preferred pronunciation for 11, 12...
- euroderf 5y agoHere trams are numbered 1 to 10, and the latter I tell my kid is "one oh", not "ten". No need to jump into place notation just yet (he's not yet two).