Summary
An introduction to place value: how the same digit means something different in the ones, tens, and hundreds column. Uses blocks to make grouping by ten concrete.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
Where a digit sits tells you its value. A 3 in the tens place means three tens, or thirty — not just three.
- In the number 47, what does the 4 stand for? What does the 7 stand for?
- How many ones make one ten? How many tens make one hundred?
- Which is bigger, 8 tens or 8 ones? Why?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: place value, ones, tens, hundreds.
Try it: Write the number 62. Draw 6 ten-sticks and 2 single dots to show it.