A study of Brazilian children who worked as street vendors found that the children could
a. accurately perform simple arithmetic when buying and selling but could not do similar written math problems like those in school.
b. seldom give correct change.
c. give correct prices on orders that required multiplication just as quickly as schooled children.
d. count money but not numbers.
ANSWER: a
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