Cardinality is the counting and quantity principle referring to the understanding that the last number used to count a group of objects represents how many are in the group.
A student who must recount when asked how many candies are in the set that they just counted, may not understand the cardinality principle.
For a full summary of all counting principles, read the original blog post.
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