Tens and Ones Chart
A two-digit number is made of tens and ones.
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How to do it
- Count the tens sticks.
- Count the ones.
- For 10 more or 10 less, change the tens digit.
Teaching tip
Bundle 10 straws or craft sticks with a rubber band to make real tens. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 1.NBT.B.2.
About this chart
34 shown as 3 tens and 4 ones, plus 10 more, 10 less, 1 more and 1 less on a piece of the 120 chart.
What kids practice
Place value is knowing that in 34, the 3 means 3 tens (30) and the 4 means 4 ones. It's the idea that makes every bigger math topic work, from adding two-digit numbers to money. In first grade, kids count to 120 and learn to see a number as tens and ones.
Watch for
- Writing the number the way it sounds, so "forty-two" becomes 402.
- Mixing up teen numbers, like writing 71 for seventeen.
- Counting the rods as ones (counting 3 rods as 3 instead of 30).
It's free to print, as many copies as you need. See the full tens and ones to 120 guide for 1st grade.
More sheets in this set
- See it all
1. 120 ChartEvery number from 1 to 120, with the tens column highlighted. 
3. Count Tens and OnesBase-ten block pictures to count as tens and ones, then write as a two-digit number.
4. Tens and Ones ChartA chart where some rows give the number and some give the tens and ones. Fill in the missing part.
5. Missing Numbers to 120A 1 to 120 chart with some numbers left out. Matches 1.NBT.A.1.
6. 10 More and 10 LessFind 1 less, 10 less, 1 more and 10 more than each number without counting one by one. Matches 1.NBT.C.5.