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Place Value Puzzles

In Mathematics ... Understanding Place

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A puzzle to help children learn about two-digit numbers and their representations.

Print and cut the puzzles. For added durability, print on cardstock.

Use these puzzles when learning to reinforce the relationship between numbers and place value.

Students are required to connect the number, base 10 representation, and expanded written form.

Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2
Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:
In Grade 1 Standards for Mathematical Practice Number & Operations in Base Ten Understand place value
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.A
10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones — called a "ten."
In Grade 1 Standards for Mathematical Practice Number & Operations in Base Ten Understand place value CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.B
The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
In Grade 1 Standards for Mathematical Practice Number & Operations in Base Ten Understand place value CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.C
The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).
In Grade 1 Standards for Mathematical Practice Number & Operations in Base Ten Understand place value CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2

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