A bead is worth one, ten or a hundred, by the row it sits on.
A bead is worth one, ten or a hundred, depending on the row it sits on.
The bottom row counts ones, the middle row counts tens and the top row counts hundreds.
Each step up a row makes a digit worth ten times more, so a three can be 3, 30 or 300.
An empty row is a zero, and the zero keeps the place. Without it, 205 would look like 25.
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.
Ten. The middle row counts tens.
300. Each bead on the top row is worth a hundred.
205. The empty tens row is a zero that holds the place.
55. Five tens are 50 and five ones are 5.
Ask a grown-up to help you cut up paper in three sizes: small tickets are one, middle ones are ten, and big ones are a hundred. Give a grown-up three tickets of one size and three of another, and ask which is worth more.
Cut paper tickets in three sizes worth 1, 10 and 100. Give three big and three small tickets and ask which pile is worth more.
