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1st grade · Math · Unit 9 of 14

Numbers to 100

Tens, ones and big numbers!

What your child practices

Reading and building numbers to 100 with tens and ones, comparing them, and seeing that two names can mean the same amount.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: 1.NBT.A.1; 1.NBT.B.2; 1.NBT.B.3 · counting to 120, tens and ones, and comparing two-digit numbers

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A 2-digit number has tens and ones.
  2. 10 tens make 100.
  3. Compare the tens first. More tens means bigger.

Example: Which is less: 39 or 42? Tens: 3 tens and 4 tens. 3 tens is less. So 39 is less. Answer: 39

Numbers to 100 in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 9 of 14 in 1st grade Math, after Data & Graphs and before Count It Up.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Maine Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What number is shown?

    • 73
    • 79
    • 75

  2. Question 2

    22 is 2 tens and how many ones?

    • 3
    • 2
    • 0

  3. Question 3

    What number is shown?

    • 50
    • 47
    • 46

  4. Question 4

    Which number is greater: 75 or 52?

    • 52
    • 75

  5. Question 5

    Build the number 61.

    Build it with tens rods and ones cubes.

  6. Question 6

    Is 46 equal to 5 tens and 6 ones?

    • Yes, equal (=)
    • No, not equal (≠)

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