4: Advanced Counting - Multiplication and Division

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Marcie has four bags of lollies. There are three lollies in each bag. How many lollies does she have altogether?

Teacher: How many lollies does Marcie have altogether?
Student: Three, six, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

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Students at the Advanced Counting stage understand that the end number in a counting sequence measures the whole set and can relate the addition or subtraction of objects to the forward and backward number sequences by ones, tens, etc.