Exploring Number Models with Base 10 Blocks

The video tutorial explains how to represent numbers using base 10 blocks. It covers the components of base 10 blocks, such as units, tens, and hundreds, and demonstrates how to represent numbers like 24, 120, and 206 in different ways by rearranging these blocks. The tutorial emphasizes understanding the value of each block and how they can be traded or grouped to show the same number in various forms. The lesson concludes by reinforcing the concept of showing numbers in different ways through the manipulation of number models.

What do 10 individual units or cubes represent in base 10 blocks?

• A group of thousands

• A group of hundreds

• A group of ones

• A group of tens

How can the number 24 be represented using base 10 blocks?

• 1 ten and 14 ones

• 3 tens and 4 ones

• 2 tens and 14 ones

• 2 tens and 4 ones

What is the value of 14 ones in base 10 blocks?

• 10

• 14

• 24

• 20

How can the number 120 be represented using base 10 blocks?

• 1 hundred, 12 tens

• Both A and B

• 12 tens, 0 ones

• 1 hundred, 2 tens, 0 ones

What is the value of 12 tens in base 10 blocks?

• 110

• 100

• 120

• 12

How can the number 206 be represented using base 10 blocks?

• Both A and B

• 2 hundreds, 0 tens, 6 ones

• 1 hundred, 10 tens, 6 ones

• 2 hundreds, 10 tens, 6 ones

What is the value of 10 tens in base 10 blocks?

• 100

• 10

• 120

• 110