Cardinals
Topic Notes
In this lesson, we will learn:
- Cardinal numbers are counting numbers (whole numbers)
- How to count objects in a picture, letters in a word, and words in a list
Notes:
- Cardinal means Counting
- Cardinal numbers answer the question “how many”?
- Cardinal numbers are whole numbers only (no fractions nor decimals)
- Ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
- There are 3 types of numbers: Cardinal, Ordinal, and Nominal
- Cardinal means Counting (ex. there are 6 pool balls)
- Ordinal means Order (ex. the purple pool ball is in 4th place)
- Nominal means Name (ex. the green pool ball is labelled “14”)