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The Peanut Problem

From Peg + Cat · 2016

The Peanut Problem
12 minK1st2ndMath
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Summary

In George Washington Carver's lab, Peg and Cat must catch the tiny tricksters swiping the peanuts so Carver can reach exactly one hundred peanut inventions — counting up through the nineties and by tens to get there. (Paired episode: More Adventures of Robin Hood follows in the same video.)

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Peg and Cat count all the way to 100 inventions, pushing through the tricky nineties.

  1. What number comes after 95? After 99?
  2. Why are the numbers in the nineties tricky to count?
  3. How does counting by tens help you get to 100 faster?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: ninety, one hundred, count on, count by tens.

Try it: Start at 90 and count out loud to 100. Then count to 100 by tens.