1. Why do we break numbers into tens and ones? Choose a two-digit number and explain how partitioning it helps you understand how big it is. 2. What does the position of a digit tell us about its ...

Most children learn that written numbers represent quantities in pre-school or junior primary school. Now our new study shows that honeybees too can learn to match symbols and numerosities, much like ...

While they can't pick out precise numbers, animals can comprehend that more is, well, more. From birds to bees and wolves to frogs, animals use numbers to hunt, find a mate, return to their home, and ...

Most people think that only people can understand numbers, but that's not true. Many animals can naturally figure out how ...

This article originally appeared on Fatherly: The first rule of performing cognitive experiments on little kids? It’s probably best to call them something else. Using “experiments” and “little kids” ...