Why Some of Us Are Better at Math Than Others

From the top 100 stories of 2013, #39: A child's innate number sense has implications for her later math skills — and it can be bolstered with tutoring

By Linda Marsa
Jan 14, 2014 12:00 AMMay 21, 2019 6:00 PM
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We’re all born with an innate number sense — that seemingly effortless knack to roughly estimate and compare quantities without counting, which we do automatically when choosing the shortest checkout line at the supermarket or ballparking how many apples are in a bowl.

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