Number Sense and Counting Systems · Number and Algebra

The Power of Ten

Developing an understanding of place value by grouping objects into tens and ones.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why is it easier to count large groups of objects by tens rather than ones?
  2. 2How can we represent the same number in different ways using blocks?
  3. 3What changes when we move a digit from the ones place to the tens place?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9M1N02
Year: Year 1
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Number Sense and Counting Systems
Period: Number and Algebra

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