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 Number Stories, p12-illustration.png 1. How far could the first Ching mentioned in the story count?

2. Why did Ching not learn to count as we do?

3. What need have we for counting that Ching did not have?

4. Where did Ching live?

5. How far could the first An-am count?

6. If An-am could count no farther, how could he tell if one sheep was missing out of twenty sheep?

7. Why was it unnecessary for An-am to count farther?

8. Where did An-am live ?

9. What name did the first Menes give for numbers beyond four?

10. Where did Menes live?

11. How did people come to count by tens?

12. By what other numbers than ten did the world sometimes count?

13. Why. did people use xme of the numbers referred to in Question 12?

14. What practical use did the world make of representing numbers on the fingers?