--- title: Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 46 «Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths» of the language course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea… # Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths The 15 questions of lesson 46 «Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 93 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t1/) — «miss it says a hundred times, so is it 100 × 3 × 4??» What do you say? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t2/) — Ben brags «a thousand sweets» and gives Ama «half». Ama expects 500. What really happens? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t3/) — «coach wants 110% lol so if I usually run 10 laps I gotta do 11 then?» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t4/) — Mum said «two minutes» in the shop doorway. After two minutes you shout «you SAID two!». What have you missed? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t5/) — «Dad said not in a million years so I'll ask again in a million years innit» What did Dad really mean? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t6/) — «it's a one in a million clover so if I look at a million I'll find one, easy» What is wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t7/) — ★★ Aoife: «like a million people, well, thirty». Rosie: «a million Robux, well, 500». What rule works for both? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t8/) — ★★ In a problem: «Dad's had a thousand cups of tea today, ugh. He made 4 cups for each of 3 guests.» How many cups did he make for guests? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t9/) — ★★★ «We walked like a million miles!» The app says the class walked 3.2 km there and the same back. How far did they walk in all? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t10/) — ★★★ Mr Okafor moans about «a hundred things to do». His board shows 6 jobs; he finishes half before lunch and 1 after. How many jobs are left? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/t11/) — ★★★ «There were like a thousand kids at the party, no, twenty, oh and five grown-ups.» Each person got 2 balloons. How many balloons in all? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/e1/) — It is given that Tom «has told his brother a hundred times» to tidy, and that the brother tidies three shelves each bearing four books. Determine the aggregate number of books tidied. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which the figure «one hundred and ten per cent», as employed by a sports coach, cannot denote a quantity. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/e3/) — A speaker states «a million people, well, thirty». Ascertain the number of persons present. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the figures «8,849 metres», stated by a teacher in respect of Everest, and «a thousand miles», asserted by a parent in respect of a local hill? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [45. Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/) - next →: [47. The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)