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April s GiftChapter 12
Ron sat at the kitchen table with Mattie and stacks of pennies and dimes. “What is thirteen?” he asked. Mattie puzzled over the coins and slid a dime and a penny toward her. “Think about it -- try to visualize it.” Mattie slid two more pennies toward her. “This.” “Right! Thirteen is ten and three. What if you add eight to thirteen?” Mattie bit her lip and, one at a time, slid eight pennies toward her. “There.” “How many pennies?” She counted. “Eleven.” “If we have more than ten pennies,...