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Place Value Puzzles
PDF | 9 pages|Grades: 1 - 2A 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 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:
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.A
10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones — called a "ten."
- 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.
- 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).
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