Summary
In “Into the Teens,” the Numberjacks leap out of the sofa to fix a maths problem all about ten more than a number. A full episode (~14 min) from the BBC CBeebies maths-adventure series — a quick, friendly way to anchor a numeracy warm-up or maths centre.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
When numbers get bigger we group them into tens -- the place of a digit tells you whether it means tens or ones.
- How did one and zero make ten in the episode?
- How many tens and how many ones are in the number?
- What number is ten more than the one shown?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: tens, ones, digit, place value, ten more.
Try it: Build a teen number with one ten-stick and some ones, then write how many tens and ones it has.