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We know that. Just humor us, and show us what happens when you enter "ls". That way, we can help you. :)

If you don't want to list ALL the files, if there are a lot of them, just show us a goodly...

What does the following produce (ell ess):
ls

All right. Then the first step is to show the exact command you are using to get the listing. Put it in code tags. For example, something like:
$ ls jjj*
jjj.c jjj.txt jjj.x

Then, move to the...

First, do this:
ls *prefix*
Then, do this, and you will see the difference:
ls *prefix* | wc -l

Try the following, assuming the prefix is "Common":
ls Common* | wc -l