Ones go with ones. Tens go with tens. Each row adds on its own.
The frame has two rows. The top row is tens and the bottom row is ones.
Loose beads are ones, so they go on the bottom row.
A bag of ten is a ten, so it goes on the top row.
Add ones with ones, and tens with tens.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more, with the bead frame drawn for each, and an answer key.
27. Ones: 4 + 3 = 7. The 2 tens stay.
47. Ones: 2 + 5 = 7. Tens: 3 + 1 = 4.
The ones row, at the bottom. Loose beads are ones.
19. Only the ones row moves: 4 + 5 = 9.
Ask a grown-up for two small piles of buttons or blocks, and make groups of ten in each pile with the loose ones beside them. Then push the piles together and add the ones first, then the tens.
Make two small piles of buttons, group each into tens with the loose ones beside it, then join them: ones first, then tens.
