Hands On
Model Numbers
CA Standards
KEY NS 1.3 Identify the
place value for each digit in
numbers to 10,000.
Also NS 1.0, NS 1.1,
MR 1.1, MR 2.3, MR 2.4
place value
digit
Materials
• Base-ten blocks
• Workmat 3
• eManipulatives (optional)
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Objective Use base-ten blocks to show the value
of each digit in a 3-digit number.
Question How can base-ten blocks
help you understand place value ?
Rose has a 320-piece jigsaw puzzle.
She checks to see if she has all the
pieces. She counts 203 pieces.
She knows 320 and 203 are not
the same. Use blocks to show
the value of each digit in 320.
1
Show the number
using blocks.
There are 3 hundreds,
2 tens, and 0 ones.
2
3
Draw a quick picture to
record your work. Then
write the value of each
group of blocks.
Use Workmat 3. Write the number
in the place-value chart.
4(/53!.$3
/.%3
HUNDRED
TEN
THOUSANDS THOUSANDS THOUSANDS HUNDREDS
3
Houghton Mifflin California Math, Lesson Transparency 1.1
Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Use with Chapter 1, Lesson 1
300
TENS
ONES
2
0
20
Use blocks to show the value of each digit in 203.
1
Show the number using blocks.
3
Use Workmat 3. Write the number in the place-value chart.
Houghton Mifflin California Math, Lesson Transparency 1.1
Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Use with Chapter 1, Lesson 1
2
Draw a quick picture to record your
work. Then write the value of each
group of blocks.