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Week 09 · Tens and ones

Number Hunt

Number Hunt
// Ten ones make one ten
⏱ about 15 min

Saturday: Number Hunt

Bennie and Samantha get ready for a hunt.

"Let us find lots of things," says Samantha.

"Then we make tens to count them," says Bennie.

Hunt for big groups

Look for a big group of small things.

Try buttons, blocks, crayons, leaves or pebbles.

Make piles of ten.

Count the piles by tens, then count the ones.

Try it: Number Hunt
Find a group with more than 10 things.
Make as many tens as you can.
Count the tens. Then count the ones.
Say the number in tens and ones.
Find a second group and do it again.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
How many ones make one ten?
Base-ten blocks: 4 tens and 4 onesWhat number is this?
How many tens are in 76?
How many ones are in 76?
MAKE THE NUMBER
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Base-ten blocks: 3 tens and 8 ones3 tens and 8 ones make what number?
Base-ten blocks: 6 tens6 tens and 0 ones make what number?
◇ TENS AND ONES WITH A GROWN-UP
Your grown-up says a number from 11 to 99.
You build it with piles of ten and ones.
Then you say a number for them to build.
Take turns five times.
Draw your hunt group as tens and ones.
For a grown-up
This week your child learned tens and ones.
Ten ones make one ten.
In 47, the 4 means four tens.
Bundling real things into tens helps a lot.
Let them count each pile to check it is ten.

Great hunting! Next week Bruce helps us compare numbers.

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