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How Many? printable sheet

Have a look at this photo of some peaches:



How many?
How did you count them?

Now take a look at this picture of oranges:



How many?
How did you count them?

And one last photo:

 


How many this time?
How did you count?


This task was inspired by Christopher Danielson's tweets. You can follow Christopher on Twitter here.  

You may be interested in the other problems in our Low Threshold High Ceiling Feature.

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