Editing Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers

|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)

|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=archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-10/page/n9|publisher=Decker Publications|page=11|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=Working Mother|url=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=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.|translation=''[[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=y|fr_fr=y|fr_fr_note={{footnote|main|PC}}|de=y|de_note={{footnote|main|PC}}}}{{footnote|note|PC|Only in PC versions}}

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

|modes=Single player

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

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

|serials='''Super NES:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|SNS-YR-USA}}

'''''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#Educational games|educational game]]. It was released for the MS-DOS in 1993 and the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] in September 1994, following ''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]'' and preceding ''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''.

==Gameplay==

 

*[[Number World]]: The goal is to find and click numbers to continue onward.

*[[Counting World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|Counting World]]: Teaches counting through clicking objects in Mario's Kitchen and Mario's Bedroom.

*[[Comparing World]]: There are objects to find and compare.

*[[How Many World]]: Similar to Counting World except the player counts the objects themselves.

*[[Shape World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|Shape World]]: Teaches about shapes and instructs which of them to click.

*[[Same and Different World]]: Teaches about comparisons, with the player having to click the least relevant object.

*[[Sorting World]]: The player is taught to sort similar objects.

*[[Sing Song World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|Sing Song World]]: There are nursery rhymes re-enacted by the cast of the ''Super Mario'' franchise.

 

On any island, the player is required to click [[Luigi]] to wake him up before the learning activity can start.

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System version is essentially a condensed variation of the PC version, like some other edutainment ''Super Mario'' titles of the time. The differences are listed below:

*Unlike the PC version, the player cannot mute the audio, randomize the questions, or show text in worlds where it appears.

*[[Sing Song World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)|Sing Song World]] does not appear in the home console version.

**On a related note, a Warp Pipe present at the top of the screen in the PC version allowing the player to exit the world was removed in the SNES version.

*In the PC version, the loading screen when transitioning to different areas features Mario looking at a watch on his wrist. In the SNES version, it only features a black screen.

*In the European PC CD-ROM version, at the start of the game, the player can choose a language between English, French, and German.

*The French and German versions contain only one song each, respectively "{{wp|Sur le Pont d'Avignon}}" and "{{wp|Hänschen klein}}."

*In the French version, the game welcomes the player to the game upon starting the game.

Mario's Early Years Fun with Numbers title screen PC.png|Title screen (MS-DOS)

Mario's Early Years Fun with Numbers title screen.png|Title screen (SNES)

Mario's Early Years Fun with Numbers main menu PC.png|Main menu (MS-DOS)

Mario's Early Years Fun with Numbers main menu.png|Main menu (SNES)

Mario Teaches Sums Language Select.png|Language select screen

Mario Fun with Numbers Front Cover Alt.jpg|US MS-DOS alternate front cover

|Fre=Mario Apprend à Compter

|FreM=Mario Learns to Count

|GerM=Mario's Calculation Skills