Jeremy is 2 years old. He says he knows how to count, but whenever he does so, the first five items are 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, in that order. Shown four pennies on a table and asked to count them, he says, "1, 4, 6, 9." If he is now asked how many pennies are on the table, he will say __________.
A) "4"
B) "9"
C) "6"
D) "10"

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Jeremy associates the number of items with the last number he says when counting, regardless of the actual sequence of numbers he uses. Since he ends with "9" when counting the four pennies, he will say there are "9" pennies on the table.

Jeremy Is 2 Years Old