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Place Value Basics

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Place Value Basics

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📚 Part 1: Understanding Place Value

1. What does the digit 7 represent in the number 73?

7 ones

7 tens

7 hundreds

2. Which number has 5 tens and 8 ones?

85

58

53

3. In te reo Māori, "tekau" means ten. Circle all the numbers that have 4 tekau:

42

14

48

34

4. Fill in the missing numbers:

64 = _____ tens + _____ ones

29 = _____ tens + _____ ones

85 = _____ tens + _____ ones

✏️ Part 2: Partitioning Numbers

5. Write each number as a sum of tens and ones:

Example: 37 = 30 + 7

46 = _____ + _____

72 = _____ + _____

91 = _____ + _____

53 = _____ + _____

6. Look at this place value chart and write the number it shows:

Tens | Ones

6 | 3

The number is: __________

This number has _____ tens and _____ ones.

7. Draw place value blocks to show the number 45:

Draw tens rods (long rectangles) and ones cubes (small squares) to represent 45.

🎯 Part 3: Place Value Challenge

8. Solve these place value puzzles:

a) I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My ones digit is 4. What number am I? _____

b) I have 7 tens and the same number of ones as tens. What number am I? _____

9. Using money to understand place value:

Sarah has $67. How many $10 notes and $1 coins does she have?

$10 notes: _____

$1 coins: _____

10. Explain in your own words what place value means:

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