Grade 1 Math: Base Ten
10 printable 1st Grade math worksheets on Base Ten. The first three are free to download; All Access opens all 10.
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Teaching Base Ten
What it is
Base ten work shows a number as tens and ones: 34 is three ten rods and four single cubes. These pages go both ways, counting the blocks that are shown and drawing blocks for a number that is given.
When a child is ready
Ready once the child counts by tens to a hundred and can gather loose objects into groups of ten.
If they struggle
If the child counts every single unit printed on the rods, count the rods aloud by tens, ten, twenty, thirty, then count the loose ones on from there. Trading ten loose ones for one rod by hand a few times is what gives the tens digit meaning.
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