🧮 Tens and Ones — Understanding Place Value
Learn place value with Captain Coral and sea glass!
Read the Story First!
🔤 Words to Know
Tens — Groups of 10 things. Two groups of 10 is 20.
Ones — Leftover pieces that do not make a full group of 10.
Captain Coral collected sea glass. She put pieces into groups of 10.
"I made 3 groups of 10 and have 4 pieces left," she said.
"So 3 tens and 4 ones = 34 pieces!" said Scuba Bob.
"The 3 tells me how many groups of ten. The 4 tells me how many extra ones."
"In 34, the 3 is in the tens place and the 4 is in the ones place. That is place value!" said Captain Coral.
🧠 Answer the Questions
Read each question carefully. Pick the best answer!
What was Captain Coral collecting?
How did she organize the pieces?
What does the tens place tell you?
3 tens and 4 ones = ?
In 56, how many tens?
7 tens and 2 ones = ?
What are ones?
What does the 3 mean in 34?