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Place Value with Materials

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Place Value with Materials

Place Value with Materials

Place value blocks and counting materials

🔢 Part 1: Building Numbers with Materials

1. Use counters or coins to build the number 247. Draw or write how many of each you need:

Hundreds: _______ counters

Tens: _______ counters

Ones: _______ counters

2. What number is shown by these materials?

3 hundreds + 5 tens + 8 ones = _______

3. Circle the correct place value for the digit 6 in the number 462:

Hundreds

Tens

Ones

4. Build the number 135 using materials. If you add 2 tens, what number do you have now?

➕ Part 2: Addition with Materials

5. Use counters to solve: 124 + 153

First, estimate by rounding to the nearest hundred:

124 rounds to _______ and 153 rounds to _______

Estimated answer: _______ + _______ = _______

Now use your materials to find the exact answer:

Exact answer: _______

6. Solve using materials: 267 + 145

Show your working with hundreds, tens, and ones:

➖ Part 3: Subtraction with Materials

7. Use counters to solve: 345 - 123

Estimate first: _______ - _______ = _______

Exact answer using materials: _______

8. Sarah has 284 cents in coins. She spends 156 cents. How much does she have left?

Use your place value materials to solve this problem:

Answer: _______ cents = $_______

🎯 Part 4: Estimation and Mental Strategies

9. Round these numbers to the nearest ten:

a) 347 → _______

b) 582 → _______

c) 195 → _______

10. Round these numbers to the nearest hundred:

a) 247 → _______

b) 683 → _______

c) 450 → _______

11. Check all the strategies you could use to estimate 298 + 156:

Round both to nearest hundred: 300 + 200

Round both to nearest ten: 300 + 160

Change to easier numbers: 300 + 150

Add the hundreds first, then tens, then ones

🏪 Part 5: Real-World Applications

12. At the school shop, Tom buys items costing 245 cents and 178 cents. Estimate how much he spends in total, then calculate the exact amount using place value.

Estimate: _______

Exact calculation:

Total cost: _______ cents = $_______

13. Match the place value descriptions with the correct numbers:
1. 4 hundreds, 2 tens, 7 ones
2. 3 hundreds, 0 tens, 9 ones
3. 5 hundreds, 8 tens, 1 one
A. 309
B. 581
C. 427
14. Explain how using counters or coins helps you understand place value better:

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