Count objects 1

The first instance of the How many objects 1 exercise is under the Early Math Math Mission. This exercise helps students to practice counting groups of objects less than 20. It reinforces the idea that the stopping number when you count is the number of objects in a group.

Types of problems
There are two types of problems that show up in this exercise:
 * 1) Select the last number and tell how many there are: This problem asks students to tell what number they stopped on when they counted (multiple choice) and to enter the number of objects in a collection (free response).Selent.png
 * 2) Match the correct number to picture: This problem has three numbers between 1 and 20 and three pictures of those numbers of objects. The student is asked to match the picture of the number of objects with it's number representation.Ordgp.png

Strategies
The first problem type has two things that need to be entered (one multiple choice and one free response) so tabbing is not very efficient. Matching problems take a fair amount of time and often the number of objects are close so it is important to count carefully which takes time. This exercise is difficult to get speed badges on, but it is easy to get accuracy badges if you can be patient.


 * 1) The pictures are often grouped nicely, so you can count in groups of 2 or 5 to help your speed slightly.