Is 3 Larger Than 9? (IMAGE)

American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Is 3 Larger Than 9?

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The number 3: There is incongruence in this drawing because the 8 is supposed to be larger than the 3. When asked which number is larger, it takes us longer to respond because the displayed 3 is bigger than the displayed 8. With respect to difficulties in arithmetic, an interesting question is whether such difficulties are due to problems in perception and evaluation of sizes, or from a difficulty in associating sizes with numerical symbols.

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