Some readers will want to verify the answer by
using their own computational technique. Try
verifying the procedure with real beans as well.
As before, the heart of the issue is action – in
this case the ‘for eaching’ of beans, the written
work above is a recap of actions one can take on
chips, or sheep, or tallies. As before, there are no
magical little mystery numbers, or abridged place
value as is the case below
5
would be repeated addition, a notion that is pretty
hard to defend.