What Is an Attribute? [1 ed.] 1615902961, 9781615902965, 9781615905355

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What Is an Attribute?

Nancy Kelly Allen

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Allen, Nancy Kelly, 1949What is an attribute? / Nancy Kelly Allen. p. cm. -- (Little world math concepts) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61590-296-5 (Hard Cover) (alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-61590-535-5 (Soft Cover) 1. Mathematical notation--Juvenile literature. 2. Mathematical notation. I. Title. QA41.A45 2011 511.3’2--dc22 2010009610

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Is it red? Is it blue? Is it big? Is it small? What is an attribute? 3

An attribute shows how things are alike and different.

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Alike

Different

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Which two cars are alike?

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The cars with the attribute of yellow are alike.

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Alike

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Which two cars are different?

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The cars with attributes of green and red are different.

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Different

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Which car is big? Honk! Honk!

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The car with the attribute of big is circled.

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Big

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Which car is small? Beep! Beep!

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The car with the attribute of small is circled.

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Can you ind the cars with the same attributes?

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Index alike 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 attribute(s) 3, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 22 big 3, 14, 16, 17 different 4, 5, 10, 12, 13

green 12 red 3, 12 small 3, 18, 20, 21 yellow 8

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About the Author Nancy Kelly Allen lives in a small house surrounded by big hills in Kentucky. In spring and summer, the hills are green. In autumn, the hills are red, yellow, and brown. In winter, the hills are white. Nancy lives with two little, black schnauzers that give big, pink kisses.

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Rourke’s newest addition to our Concepts series introduces the youngest children to key math concepts. The text uses repetition and simple sentence structure to keep the pages turning. The images and text work together to support the emergent reader. Books In This Series Include: Left or Right? More Than, Less Than Even or Odd? Half or Whole? Plus 1, Minus 1 Can You Guess? What Is an Attribute? Is It Symmetrical?

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