When you arrange two rows of five pennies each and place them a half-inch apart in the first row while separating the other row of five pennies by three inches, the preoperational child will say that the second row has more pennies. However, the concrete operational child has the capacity to __________ numbers and will not make this same error.

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The concrete operational child has the ability to conserve numbers, meaning they understand that the number of objects does not change even if the arrangement or appearance of the objects changes. This means that the child will not make the error of thinking that the second row has more pennies just because they are spaced further apart.

When You Arrange Two Rows of Five Pennies Each and Place