Representing Numbers to 1000

Task 1
Look at the two models below and answer the following questions.

Model 1 Model 2

100 100 100 1 1

100 100 10 1

1. What number are the models representing? .............

2. What is the same and what is different about the two models? ...............................

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Task 2
Anika and Bobbie have both tried to make models that represent the number 445.

Anika’s model

100 100 10 10 10 10 10

100 100 10 10 10 10

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Bobbie’s model

Explain Anika and Bobbie’s mistakes.

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Task 3
The model below is supposed to represent the number 202.
Explain the mistake that has been made.

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Task 4
Rob has drawn two models to represent the number 125.

Model 1

10 10 10 10 10 10 1 1 1

10 10 10 10 10 10 1 1

Model 2

1. Explain why his models are technically correct.

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2. Draw your own model to show how 125 could be represented more efficiently.

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Answers
Task 1
Look at the two models below and answer the following questions.

Model 1 Model 2

100 100 100 1 1

100 100 10 1

513
1. What number are the models representing? .............

E.g. Both
2. What is the same and what is different about the two models? ...............................

models represent 513, but Model 1 uses numbers.

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Task 2
Anika and Bobbie have both tried to make models that represent the number 445.

Anika’s model

100 100 10 10 10 10 10

100 100 10 10 10 10

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Bobbie’s model

Explain Anika and Bobbie’s mistakes.

Anika has used counters with a value of 10 to represent

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both the tens and the ones, so her number is actually 490.
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Bobbie has used 5 blocks of 100, 4 blocks of 10 and 4

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blocks of 1, which makes his number 544.

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Task 3
The model below is supposed to represent the number 202.
Explain the mistake that has been made.

E.g. This model has 1 block of 10, so the number is 212,

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not 202. When there is a 0 place holder, we do not need

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to draw anything to represent it.

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Task 4
Rob has drawn two models to represent the number 125.

Model 1

10 10 10 10 10 10 1 1 1

10 10 10 10 10 10 1 1

Model 2

1. Explain why his models are technically correct.

E.g......................................................................................................................................
His models show the correct numbers because he has represented
100 using either 10 blocks of 10 or 10 place value counters with a
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value of 10. However, it would have been more efficient to use a
block of a 100 or a place value counter that was worth 100.
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2. Draw your own model to show how 125 could be represented more efficiently.

Any model with a block of one hundred instead of

10 blocks of 10 OR one place value counter with a
value of 100 instead of 10 place value counters that
are worth 10.

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