Understanding

Place Value
Base-Ten
Models

I have 1 hundred and 1 ten. What
number am I?
I have 1 hundred and 1 ten. What
number am I?
1 hundred 1 ten 0 ones
I have 1 hundred and 1 ten. What
number am I?
1 1 0
I have 1 hundred and 1 ten. What
number am I?
1 1 0
I have 1 hundred and 1 ten. What
number am I?
110
I have 2 tens and 8 ones. What
number will I be if you add 4 tens?
10 20 30 40 50 60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
I have 1 hundred, 5 tens, and 2 ones.
What number will I be if you take away 5
tens?
I have 1 hundred, 5 tens, and 2 ones.
What number will I be if you take away 5
tens?
1 hundred 0 tens 2 ones
I have 1 hundred, 5 tens, and 2 ones.
What number will I be if you take away 5
tens?
1 0 2
I have 1 hundred, 5 tens, and 2 ones.
What number will I be if you take away 5
tens?
1 0 2
I have 1 hundred, 5 tens, and 2 ones.
What number will I be if you take away 5
tens?
102
I am the greatest even number that has 3
tens. What number am I?
Whats the greatest
number of hundreds I can
have?
How many
tens?
Whats the greatest
number of ones I can
have and still be
even?
I am the greatest even number that has 3
tens. What number am I?
9 hundreds 3 tens 8 ones
938
I have 23 ones. What number am I?
2 tens 3 ones
I have 23 ones. What number am I?
23
I have a dozen tens. What number
am I?
1 hundred 2 tens 0 ones
I have a dozen tens. What number
am I?
120
Can you show 23 with your blocks?
Lets write this number in expanded form.
What is the value of each group of blocks?
20 + 3 = 23
2 tens is 20.
10 20
1
2
3
3 ones is 3.
Can you show 145 with your blocks?
Lets write this number in expanded form.
What is the value of each group of blocks?
100 + 40 + 5 = 145
4 tens is 40.
10 20
1
2
3
5 ones is 5. 1 hundred is 100.
30 40
4
5
100
Use Your Noodle Questions:
How many different ways can you
show 21?
I have 3 blocks. The blocks can be
of any value. What could one total
value be? What are all the possible
values I could have?

Noodle Questions are from Creative Publications 20 Thinking Questions for Base Ten Blocks (Grades 2-3).
ISBN 1-56107-792-5
Great Job!