Rabbits
- Teacher: If I gave you three rabbits today and five rabbits tomorrow, how many rabbits would you have?
- Jackie: Nine.
- Teacher: That's not right, you'd have eight.
- Jackie: No, Teacher, I'd have nine. I already have one rabbit at home!
- Teacher: If I gave you three rabbits today and five rabbits tomorrow, how many rabbits would you have?
- Jackie: Nine.
- Teacher: That's not right, you'd have eight.
- Jackie: No, Teacher, I'd have nine. I already have one rabbit at home!
- Fred: I've added these figures ten times.
- Teacher: Good work!
- Fred: And here are my ten answers!
- Teacher: Jackie, take 932 from 1,439. What is the difference?
- Stella: That's what I say, what's the difference?
- Teacher: If I lay one egg here and another there, how many eggs will there be?
- Fred: None!
- Fred (surprised): Why not?
- Fred: Because you can't lay eggs!
- Teacher: Can you count to 10?
- Fred: Yes, teacher-one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
- Teacher: Now go on from there.
- Fred: Jack, Queen, King.
The teacher was reviewing counting with her first-grade class.
- Jackie, can you count to 10 without mistakes? - she asked.
- Yes - said Jackie, and she did.
- Now, Fred, can you count from 10 to 20? - said the teacher.
- That depends, with or without mistakes! - said Fred.
- Teacher: How much is half of 8
- Pupil: Up and down or across?
- Teacher: What do you mean?
- Pupil: Well, up and down makes a 3 or across the middle leaves a 0
- Teacher: What's 2 and 2
- Pupil: 4
- Teacher: That's good
- Pupil: Good?, that's perfect!
- Teacher: Are you good at math?
- Pupil: Yes and no
- Teacher: What do you mean?
- Pupil: Yes, I'm no good at math!
- Teacher: Give me three reasons why the world is round
- Pupil: Well my dad says so, my mum says so and you say so!