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I'm familiar with "some" and "most" and "many" and whatnot, but I've just encountered a question where it seems like "few" doesn't really match up to the way "some" works.
If anyone has an answer, I'd love a tip!
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"A few" should be treated as "some." So "A few A are B" becomes A <-s-> B.
Few and many are words that, formally, mean about the same thing: "an unspecified number". For the most part, choosing one over the other is an emotional choice, not a logical one. I ate at Outback a few times last week. You know I ate there some, but do I consider eating there twice to be "a few times" or do I consider eating there 12 times to be "a few times"? You don't know how small or big a few is, you just know it's not zero. If I switched and said "I ate at Outback many times last week," does that mean more than two? More than six? More than sixteen? You don't know. But you do know I was lying to you if it turns out I didn't eat at Outback at all last week.
This question should give you an answer :) PT157.S2.Q22