Why johnny is not wrong?
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Little Johnny’s teacher asks him, “If I gave you two cats, then two more, and two more cats; how many would you have?”
Little Johnny replies, “Seven!”
His teacher asks him again more slowly, “If I gave you two cats, then two more, and two more cats; how many would you have?”
But again Little Johnny replies, “Seven!”
Next she asks, “If I get two cats, then two more, and two more cats; how many would I have?”
Little Johnny replies, “Six!”
“Good Job Johnny! Now if I gave you two cats, then two more, and two more cats; how many would you have?”
Johnny thinks for a second, “Seven.”
But Johnny is not wrong. Why?
He already has one cat. 6 + 1 = 7.
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