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Abacus · Ages 7+ · Set A
Tens with tens, ones with ones
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Remember: Tens go with tens and ones go with ones, in any order. Say the tens, say the ones, check it makes sense.

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The sticker posterMia and Ben are making a sticker poster. Ben has 43 stickers and Mia has 25. Mia puts 43 on her counting frame: four tens and three ones. She adds the tens first, and two more beads slide across the top row. Then she adds the ones, and five more beads slide across the bottom row. The frame shows six tens and eight ones. Ben tries it the other way round. He adds the ones first and the tens second. He gets the same answer as Mia. Tens first or ones first, the answer is sixty-eight.
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How many stickers are on the poster in all?
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Which frame shows Ben's 43 stickers? The top row is tens.
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Mia added the tens first, so Ben's answer came out different.
TrueFalse
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Mia slides 5 more beads across for the ones. Which row do they go on?
the tens rowthe ones roweither row

On the frame

Count only the beads slid across to the right.

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What number does this frame show?
861468
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The frame shows 34. Add 25 on it. 34 + 25 =
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The ones row starts empty. 50 + 38 =
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On the frame, 2 tens and 3 tens make 5 tens.
TrueFalse
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Join each number to what it is made of.
  1. 143
  2. 225
  3. 368
  • A2 tens and 5 ones
  • B4 tens and 3 ones
  • C6 tens and 8 ones
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Number Mia's steps, tens first.
  • Read 6 tens and 8 ones
  • Slide 2 tens across the top row
  • Put 43 on the frame
  • Slide 5 ones across the bottom row

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Ben says 23 + 34 = 75. What did he do?
He added the tens firstHe forgot the onesHe put the tens and ones the wrong way round
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A frame shows 4 tens and 6 ones. Add 3 tens and 2 ones. How many in all?
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Draw the beads for 57 on the frame.
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Say why tens first or ones first gives the same answer.
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Answer key · Set A
Tens with tens, ones with ones
168 43 and 25 make 68: six tens and eight ones.
2B 43 is four tens and three ones: four beads on the top row and three on the bottom.
3False Tens first or ones first, the answer is the same: 68.
4the ones row Ones go with ones, so they slide across the bottom row.
568 The top row is tens: six tens and eight ones is 68, not 86.
659 Three tens and two tens are five tens. Four ones and five ones are nine ones. That is 59.
788 An empty row is zero. Zero and eight make eight ones, and five tens and three tens make eight tens.
8True Two beads and three beads on the tens row make five beads.
91-B, 2-A, 3-C The first digit counts tens and the second digit counts ones.
104, 2, 1, 3 Set the first number, add the tens, add the ones, then read the rows.
11He put the tens and ones the wrong way round 23 + 34 = 57: five tens and seven ones. Ben wrote the digits the wrong way round.
1278 4 tens and 3 tens are 7 tens. 6 ones and 2 ones are 8 ones. That is 78.
14Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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