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Abacus · Ages 7+ · Set A
Tickets at the fair
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Remember: A bead is worth one, ten or a hundred by the row it sits on. An empty row is a zero that keeps the place.

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TicketsAt the school fair, tickets come in three sizes. A small teal ticket is worth one. A middle yellow ticket is worth ten. A big purple ticket is worth a hundred. Ten teal tickets swap for one yellow ticket, and ten yellow tickets swap for one purple ticket. The giant kite costs two hundred. Mia has three purple tickets. Ben has three teal tickets.
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What is a big purple ticket worth?
110100
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Mia has three purple tickets and Ben has three teal ones. Who can buy the kite that costs two hundred?
MiaBenBoth of them
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Ten teal tickets swap for one ticket.
purpleyellowteal
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What number does this frame show?
550500
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Which frame shows five hundred?
A
B
C
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An empty row is a zero, and it keeps the place.
TrueFalse
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This frame shows .

Rows, zeros and fixes

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Join each set of beads to its number.
  1. 13 beads on the ones row
  2. 23 beads on the tens row
  3. 33 beads on the hundreds row
  • A300
  • B3
  • C30
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Put the tickets in order, the smallest worth first.
  • A big purple ticket
  • A small teal ticket
  • A middle yellow ticket
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Three purple tickets are worth the same as three teal tickets.
TrueFalse
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Ben looks at this frame and writes 53. What number does it really show?
50353053
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Without the zero, two hundred five would look like .
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Draw the beads for 405 on the frame.
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Ben has only teal tickets. Write how he gets a yellow ticket.
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