Editing Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers

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|image=[[File:Mario_Fun_with_Numbers_Front_Cover.png|250px]]<br>MS-DOS version<br>[[File:mariopre2.jpg|250px]]<br>SNES version

|developer=[[The Software Toolworks]] (Mindscape)

|publisher=The Software Toolworks

|release='''MS-DOS:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|1993<ref>{{cite|quote=''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun|Mario's Early Years Preschool Fun]]'' (music, counting, colors and shapes), ''Mario's Early Years Fun With Numbers'' (numbers, counting and math), ''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters|Mario's Early Years Fun With Letters]]'' (alphabet and pre-reading), and ''[[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|Mario's Time Machine]]'' (history) are all scheduled for release during the fourth quarter.|date=October 1993|title=Electronic Games Volume 2 Issue 1|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-10/page/n9|publisher=Decker Publications|page=11|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=Working Mother|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9py0wju6wDEC&pg=PA72|publisher=McCall Publishing Co.|date=December 1993|page=72|language=en}}</ref>|Europe|1993<ref name=TiltFR>{{cite|language=fr|publisher=Editions Mondiales S.A.|page=75|date=November 1993|title=''Tilt'' Volume 119|url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt119/page/n73|quote=''Mario a disparu'', ''Mario à l'école'', ''Mario apprend à compter'', ''Mario et la machine à remonter le temps''. Disponible sur PC. (''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'', ''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]'', ''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers'', ''[[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|Mario's Time Machine]]''. Available on PC.)}}</ref>}}'''SNES:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|September 1994<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20120917022521/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/completeoldgameslist.pdf|title=Old Games List|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=May 6, 2024}}</ref>}}

|languages={{languages|en_us=y|fr_fr=y|de=y}}

|genre=[[Genre#Edutainment|Educational]]

|modes=Single-player

|platforms={{wp|MS-DOS}}, [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]

|format={{format|dos=1|snes=1}}

|input={{input|pcmouse=1|snesmouse=1}}

'''''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers''''' (known as '''''Mario Teaches Sums''''' for the United Kingdom's IBM-PC release<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1048236161670504449|title="In the UK, the educational PC titles "Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters" and "Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers" were released as "Mario Teaches Words" and "Mario Teaches Sums", respectively; presumably to tie them in with Mario Teaches Typing."|author=Supper Mario Broth|publisher=X|date=October 5, 2018|accessdate=May 6, 2024}}</ref>) is an [[Genre#Edutainment|educational]] game intended to teach numbers and basic geometry and sorting to children. It was released for the MS-DOS in 1993 and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] in September 1994, following ''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]'' and preceding ''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''. ''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers'' takes place on a set of islands where [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach]] can sail to. The player can click one of the islands to enter, after which the player sees [[Luigi]] asleep. Once the player clicks him, they have to participate in various learning activities.

*'''[[Number World]]:''' The player attempts to find the numbers and click them to advance to the next level. This island is a series of city-related locations.

*'''[[Counting World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|Counting World]]:''' The player attempts to click objects in '''Mario's Bedroom''' and '''Mario's Kitchen''' to learn to count.

*'''[[Comparing World]]:''' The player attempts to find an object (i.e "find the medium-size swing" or "find some water") to learn about things to compare; this island features a park.

*'''[[How Many World]]:''' The player attempts to click the item with a number to increase their ability to count i.e. "Find the 8 peanuts in the bag", or "Find the four whiskers". This island features a zoo.

*'''[[Shape World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|Shape World]]:''' The player must click on a given shape when directed to do so.

*'''[[Same and Different World]]:''' Given a set of items, the player must select the one that is least related to the others.

*'''[[Sorting World]]:''' The player attempts to pick the item that is similar to something (i.e "Pick a triangle").

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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