I used to think that a few meant the same thing as a couple. Those two were also the same as a dozen. So my dad often got mad at me for that!

Lily

A few years ago my teacher said that his daughter thought that 20, 21, 22 etc. were pronounced "two-ty, two-ty one, two-ty two" and so on.

Anon

I thought a "couple"(as in, 'a couple of towels') meant 3 or 4. My kindergarten teacher asked me to get some paper towels from the bathroom once, I asked her how many, she said a couple, I said so, 3 or 4 right, she said no, a couple means 2.
looking back, i should've known. I mean, 2 ppl going out r a couple, so a couple would logically equal 2.
btw, i know this isnt funny or anything but i dont have anything else

Anon

Until I was four or five, I always thought that since 1+1=2, 2+2 must equal 3. I insisted I was right until I finally learned to add properly and had a lot of arguments with my dad about this, who tried to explain it without laughing. I now am in 7th grade honors math!!!

Anon

I thought to count to one thousand you did 1-100, then 100-199, then came 1,000.

Anon!

That 1/4 was bigger than 1/2

Anon

To this day i can still think of numbers and picture what color they are...1 is red, 2 is blue, 3 is yellow, etc.

these come in no particular order.

Devin

I used to belive that 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 and 19, were said like , onety-one, onety-two, onety-three, etc. like twenty-two, etc.

Bewereofthedog/Clodagh

Because I could only count up to 100, I used to believe the biggest number was 100, so therefore big items like cars and houses cost $100.

Anon

A friend once told me at the age of 5 that the biggest number was called 'infinitytrouble' (?). When I told this to my sister (who is ten years older than me), she didn't believe me, and told me that there wasn't a biggest number at all, and I didn't believe her.

Katrina

I used to think that there were only 11 numbers (0-10) and that everyone only lived 'till the age of 10.

JRE1

When we learned how to spell out numbers, I had the weirdest problem where I thought they were spelled like '6ix' or '5ive' or '9ine' or '7even' etc. I couldn't see the error at all. I still think they look good that way.

Megan Craig

When I was 4 or 5 I thought when you wrote down a number above twenty you combined numbers to get it. (example - 46 would be 406.

Anon

100+1=1001

simple, right?

Aly

When I was little, I used to give the numbers personalities.
1 had two personalities - he was either a bit mean and didn't talk much to the other numbers; or he was a very talkative, funny number who liked to joke around.
2 was male, and was sensible and stopped the other numbers from fighting.
3 was a sweet little girl who liked to dance.
4 was a male toddler who ate baby food and picked his nose.
5 was male, and always liked to party and have fun.
6 was female, and was more serious that the other numbers.
7 was male, and was a really kind number who got along with every number. He liked to joke around a lot.
8 was a fat boy who liked to eat food all the time (maybe because 8 sounds like 'ate')
9 was a beautiful lady who was really powerful and was looked up to by all the other numbers. She was also very kind, and was friends with 7.
10 was female, and was a kind old lady who took care of the other numbers.

Sarah

When I was little I didn't know that "a couple" meant two so when my teacher told me to pick out a couple pieces of candy I just grabbed a handful and hid it.

Hannah

When I was younger I thought a dozen meant the same thing as a lot and so when I was in first grade we were supposed to collect coins for some charity and I asked my uncle, he asked how many I wanted and I said a dozen, and that was when I learned a dozen equaled 12

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