Represent a number using base ten blocks, units, tens, and hundreds

Students will learn how to represent numbers within 1000 using base ten blocks.

Watch these Khan Academy videos:

Place value when multiplying and dividing by 10
Understanding place value
Comparing place values
Creating the largest number
Multiplying whole numbers by 10

Do these Khan Academy exercises:

Place value blocks
Divide whole numbers by 10
Place value when multiplying and dividing by 10
Creating largest or smallest number
Multiply whole numbers by 10
Multiply and divide by 10

Conclude by leading this investigation:

64 = 65 Mathemagical Proof
by MathPickle

4.NBT.A.1: Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. For example, recognize that 700 ÷ 70 = 10 by applying concepts of place value and division.

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