Number showing on photos in iPad days view for photos

so after contacting apple, they said the number showing is the number of additional photos for that time period. However, in my case its not - the number of total photos do not match up when I count all photos for a selected time period. Additionally, I sync the same photos to each device - iPad and iPhone - yet my iPad is taking up twice the amount of space when compared to the same photos on my phone. Also, I continue to have some photos that don't sync when they are suppose to and duplicates of others. What a messed up ecosystem!

Download a file from a FTP server to a specific location?

How to use cmd + V to paste into a Ubuntu VM in Parallels? [closed]

How to make macOS archive RAR and unRAR files in Finder with automator and shell script?

What is the fastest/most efficient way to transfer 50GB data folder from SSD to thumb drive?

Stop installing python for each package by brew

Combining pdf files with separators

On the inequality $I(q^k)+I(n^2) \leq \frac{3q^{2k} + 2q^k + 1}{q^k (q^k + 1)}$ where $q^k n^2$ is an odd perfect number

Solve a system of non linear equations

$~\int\frac{1}{x+3}\sqrt{\frac{x+2}{x+4}}\, dx~$with using the constraint $~t=\sqrt{\frac{x+2}{x+4}}~$

Express an integer $m$ as sum of 1, 0 and -1 for fixed number of summands $j$

Exponential maps of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $T^n$

Equivalence between derivatives