Headline Story
Grouping, Regrouping, and Place Value, #4
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage them to make a table to list possible numbers.
Headline Story
Claire used 3 base-ten blocks to represent a number. What number might she have made?
Possible student responses
- The smallest number she could have made is 3 (with 3 units).
- The largest number she could have made is 3,000 with 3 large cubes.
- She could have made 20 different numbers.
- The table shows some (but not all) possibilities:
| Large cubes | Flats | Rods | Units | Number |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,000 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2,100 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,010 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,001 |
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