Base Ten Blocks

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What are Base Ten Blocks?

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Base Ten Blocks are physical or visual representations of numbers that help students understand place value and the decimal system. They consist of unit cubes (ones), rods (tens), and flats (hundreds).

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What does the number 256 represent in Base Ten Blocks?

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The number 256 is represented by 2 hundreds (2 flats), 5 tens (5 rods), and 6 ones (6 unit cubes).

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What place value is the 2 in the number 624?

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The 2 is in the Tens place.

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How do you represent the number 300+60+4 using Base Ten Blocks?

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You would use 3 flats (hundreds), 6 rods (tens), and 4 unit cubes (ones).

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What number is shown with these Base Ten pieces: 1 flat, 5 rods, and 0 unit cubes?

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The number is 150.

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What is the value of the digit 6 in the number 624?

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The value of the digit 6 is 60, as it is in the Tens place.

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How many unit cubes are needed to represent the number 346?

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You need 6 unit cubes to represent the 6 in the number 346.

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What is the total value of 3 flats, 4 rods, and 2 unit cubes?

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The total value is 342.

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If you have 5 rods, what number can you represent?

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You can represent any number from 50 to 59, depending on the number of unit cubes.

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What does each flat represent in Base Ten Blocks?

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Each flat represents 100.