Look hard at the frame, then picture it. Read the rows from the top.
Look hard at the frame, then shut your eyes and picture it.
A mind picture keeps the same order: the bottom row counts ones, the row above counts tens and the row above that counts hundreds.
Read the rows from the top and say each one, even an empty row.
An empty row is a zero: 105 is one hundred, no tens and five ones.
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.
70. Seven tens and no ones.
One. Sixty-one is six tens and one one.
304. The empty tens row is a zero.
The hundreds row. From the bottom, the rows count ones, tens and hundreds.
Ask a grown-up to say a number up to ninety-nine, like thirty-six. Close your eyes and picture the frame. Say how many beads are across on the tens row and on the ones row. Then draw the frame on paper to check. Swap turns!
Say a number up to ninety-nine, like thirty-six. Your child shuts their eyes, pictures the frame and says how many beads are across on each row, then draws it on paper to check. Swap turns.
