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dénombrer une collection

English translation: count the number of objects

08:10 Aug 24, 2010
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / primary school
French term or phrase: dénombrer une collection
Good morning!

I am still translating a primary school child's report and this phrase comes under the heading "Connaissances des nombres entiers naturels (0 à 1000)

Je sais dénombrer une collection

Je sais ranger les nombres.

Je sais situer un nombre sur une droite numérique.

Thank you!
liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:11
English translation:count the number of objects
Explanation:
Counting, for example, the number of symbols printed on a line.

http://pedagogie.ac-toulouse.fr/clisdegaillac/Download/eva/N...

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Note added at 17 mins (2010-08-24 08:28:25 GMT)
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I think 'I know how to count groups of objects' would fit.

It seems that the symbols are usually be grouped together in 5's, 10's, etc.
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Tom Fudge
Local time: 17:11
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2count the number of objects
Tom Fudge
4I can/know how to count a collection of items/objects
MatthewLaSon
Summary of reference entries provided
Imanol

  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
count the number of objects


Explanation:
Counting, for example, the number of symbols printed on a line.

http://pedagogie.ac-toulouse.fr/clisdegaillac/Download/eva/N...

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Note added at 17 mins (2010-08-24 08:28:25 GMT)
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I think 'I know how to count groups of objects' would fit.

It seems that the symbols are usually be grouped together in 5's, 10's, etc.

Tom Fudge
Local time: 17:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you! This translation has now been shipped out;)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Imanol
1 hr
agree  Isabelle Parsley
3 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I can/know how to count a collection of items/objects


Explanation:
Hello,

Liz, I'm afraid you need to put these kind of sentences in more pedagogical language. And I'm surprised by the number of agrees that people are getting for their answers. There is specific language for these kinds of questions, despite the fact that it's as if a child is asking them (which he is not). It's for the parents in a report card or something like that.

They can count a collection of up to 20 items, do simple addition and subtraction and identify large and small numbers in a set. Five-year-olds understand ...
www.thirteen.org/edonline/.../12/stong-foundations-foundati...

Numbers and Operations, Child can count a collection of 1–4 items. He understands that the last word tells “how many” even if his counting lacks numerical ...
www.education.com/.../developmental-preschool-mathematics/

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 12:11
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PRO pts in category: 85
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference

Reference information:
"Dénombrer consiste à déterminer la quantité d'éléments d'un ensemble d'éléments par le biais du comptage. Dénombrer un ensemble d'éléments revient donc à les compter et à les nombrer. Ainsi, un enfant, par exemple, sait dénombrer lorsque la technique du comptage est acquise et qu'il sait que le dernier mot employé représente la quantité des éléments comptés."


    Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Num%C3%A9ration
Imanol
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