Base Ten

Base Ten Blocks offer a visual and tactile representation of our base ten number system, helping students understand how numbers are built through powers of ten. These blocks represent units, tens, hundreds, and thousands, making them valuable tools for teaching place value, number structure, and regrouping strategies in addition and subtraction. They’re also useful in exploring measurement concepts like area and volume. Place Value Mats can be paired with these blocks to provide an organized workspace for students to build and arrange numerical values.

The unit block represents the number 1 and has dimensions of 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm.
The rod corresponds to the number 10 and measures 1 cm x 1 cm x 10 cm.
The flat stands for the number 100 and measures 1 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm.
The cube symbolizes the number 1,000 and has dimensions of 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm.

These hands-on manipulatives give learners a concrete understanding of place value and operations while also introducing them to the spatial reasoning involved in measuring dimensions and volume.