Question 16: 2 × 3 □ 6

Pre-service teachers N = 71

Teachers N = 149

Justification

%

N

%

N

Correctly answered

Pre-service teachers

70

Teachers

128

None given.

22.5

16

55.7

83

The sequence of numbers.

53.5

38

28.9

43

Based on quantity.

22.5

16

1.3

2

Incorrectly answered

Pre-service teachers

1

Teachers

21

None given

0

0

8.1

12

We didn’t learn this subject

1.4

1

2

3

Because of the size of the numeral.

0

0

4

6