# Counts of counts

**Make a table for how many each one has.**

Choose one:

- **Shape-card archive:** How many cards have that many corners?
- **Bundle checker:** Count pieces per bundle, then bundles.
- **Your small count question:** Choose a count for each item.

MODEL: five cards have 0,3,4,4,5 corners. Two cards have 4 corners; there are 5 cards.

Try a different idea of your own. Name its whole or data unit. Show one reason or check. [Empty data guide](../aids/own-data.svg) · [complete paper/words route](../aids/own-data-alternative.md)

Use blank paper or your usual communication; pictures are optional. Ask a wanted helper to read, describe or write your words. You can direct a helper's hands, take a break, keep your work private or finish here.

Grown-ups: [full preparation and three runnable routes](../days/day-38.md). The model above is not your child’s own response; record any actual help, making or reader trial separately.