What's a Pair? What's a Dozen?

What's a Pair? What's a Dozen? — page 1
Foreword From the moment you wake up until it's time to go to bed your day is filled with numbers Where's my pair of socks How many waffles should I eat Oh no The school bus will arrive in a couple of minutes Numbers help us keep track of things Although it's not always easy to find a matching pair of socks in your sock drawer Can you imagine a world without numbers How would you tell time How would you count your toes Numbers help us make sense of our world Knowing how to count up to ten is exciting Learning number related words such as single pair odd even and dozen can also be great fun You may know some of the math words in this book some you may not Once you learn them you can find numbers everywhere Happy counting Steve Swinburne