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
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|platforms={{wp|MS-DOS}}, [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|format={{format|dos=1|snes=1}}
|input={{input|pcmouse=1|snesmouse=1}}
|serials='''Super NES:'''<br>SNS-YR
}}
'''''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.

==Islands==
*'''[[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").
*'''[[Sing Song World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|Sing Song World]]:''' A world where nursery rhymes/children songs are reenacted with the Mario cast. They are the aforementioned Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, {{wp|If You're Happy and You Know It}}, The Alphabet song (A song recalling the letters of the English alphabet to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) and {{wp|It's Raining, It's Pouring}}.

==Console differences==
The SNES version of the game is generally the same as the PC edition, but with some differences due to reduced space.

*Options to turn off music/sounds/voice clips, randomize the questions or show text in worlds that have it were removed.
*The help screen with tips on how to continue learning outside of the program was removed.
*Yoshi was added as a third playable character.
*Various background graphic differences.
*Like its predecessors, [[Sing Song World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|Sing Song World]] was removed.

==Staff==
{{main|List of Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers staff}}
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
Number World.png
Counting World.png
Number World-Mario's Bedroom.png
Number World- Mario's Kitchen.png
Comparing World.png
How Many World.png
Shape World.png
Same And Different World.png
Sorting World.png
</gallery>

===Box art===
<gallery>
Mario_Fun_with_Numbers_Front_Cover.png|US MS-DOS front cover
Mario_Fun_with_Numbers_Back_Cover.png|US MS-DOS back cover
Mario_Fun_with_Numbers_Spine.png|US MS-DOS spine
Mario_Fun_with_Numbers_Front_Cover_Alt.jpg|US MS-DOS alternate front cover
Mario_Fun_with_Numbers_Back_Cover_Alt.jpg|US MS-DOS alternate back cover
Mario Teaches Sums PC cover.jpg|UK IBM PC cover
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery>
DOSMarioFunWithNumbers-Floppy.png|US MS-DOS floppy disk
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Fre=Mario apprend à compter
|FreM=Mario learns to count
|FreC=<ref name=TiltFR/><ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzTbtHhe7Nc|title=Mario Apprend a Compter (PC) (Français) - Intro|author=LuigiBlood|date=October 6, 2009|publisher=YouTube|language=fr|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
|Ger=Marios Rechenkünste
|GerM=Mario's calculation skills
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=WezyTwJ6nSI|title=Marios Rechenkünste (PC) (Deutsch) - Intro|author=LuigiBlood|date=October 6, 2009|publisher=YouTube|language=de|accessdate=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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