Read the frame from the top row down. An empty row still counts.
Read a frame from the top row down: the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones.
An empty row is a zero. It still counts, so say it.
Say each row's count with its name, like two hundreds and seven ones.
That is how you read 207 and not 27.
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.
The top row. We start with the hundreds and read down.
502. The empty tens row is a zero, so it is five hundred two.
460. The empty ones row is a zero at the end.
The zero keeps the tens place. Without the zero the 2 would be only two tens.
Ask a grown-up to help you find numbers with three digits, like on a book, a box or a bill. Read each one from the left, naming the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones, and watch out for a zero in the middle!
Spot three-digit numbers on a book, a box or a bill. Read each one from the left, naming the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones, and say any zero in the middle.
