Which example below describes a child that understands transitive inference?
A. Kai is able to line up her classmates from tallest to shortest.
B. Kai is able to sort her rock collection by geographic location, and within each location group them by color.
C. Kai is presented with three sticks and is shown that Stick A is longer than Stick B and Stick B is longer than Stick C. She is able to say that Stick A is longer than Stick C without comparing them.
D. Kai understands that clay that is rolled out long and the same amount of clay shown in a ball is actually the same amount of clay.
Answer: C
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