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Make a Number from Tens and Ones Worksheet
Read each "tens + ones" sentence and write the two-digit number it makes.
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Make a Number from Tens and Ones
12 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: Read the place values. Write the number in the box.
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About this worksheet
Each question names a number of tens and a number of ones, like 5 tens + 7 ones, and the child writes the number, 57. The page mixes numbers from single digits up to the 90s, including ones with 0 tens.
This is place value read in words: the tens become the first digit and the ones the second. Saying it both ways helps a child see that 57 is fifty and seven, which later makes adding and comparing two-digit numbers make sense.
A worked example
4 tens + 3 ones = ☐
- 4 tens is 40.
- 3 ones is 3.
- 40 and 3 more is 43.
- Write 43 in the box.
Answer: 43
The common mistake
What it looks like: Writing 0 tens + 9 ones as 09, or 1 ten + 0 ones as 1.
Why it happens: A zero in the question makes the child unsure whether to write it.
How to fix it: Read the answer back as a number: "one ten and no ones is ten," so it is 10. With 0 tens there is nothing in the tens place, so 0 tens + 9 ones is just 9.
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