Place Value Balloons: Understanding Hundreds, Tens, and Ones

Mathematics Grades 2nd Grade 5:40 Video
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Lesson Description

This lesson helps 2nd graders understand place value by identifying hundreds, tens, and ones in a number. We'll use a T-chart to organize the numbers and then find the matching balloon!

Video Resource

Place Value Practice | 2nd Grade | Math - Kids Academy

Kids Academy

Duration: 5:40
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Key Concepts

  • Place Value (Hundreds, Tens, Ones)
  • Standard Form of a Number
  • Representing Numbers

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify the place value of digits in a three-digit number.
  • Students will be able to convert numbers written in word form (e.g., four hundreds, five tens, seven ones) to standard form.
  • Students will be able to represent numbers using a place value chart (T-chart).

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by reviewing what place value means. Ask students what they know about hundreds, tens, and ones. Explain that today, we'll be using a special chart to help us find the value of each digit.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Watch the Kids Academy video 'Place Value Practice | 2nd Grade | Math'. Encourage students to pay attention to how the T-chart is used to organize the numbers.
  • Guided Practice (10 mins)
    Work through the examples from the video again as a class. Pause after each example and ask students questions like: * 'What digit is in the hundreds place?' * 'How many tens are there?' * 'What is the number in standard form?' Create a T-chart on the board for each example.
  • Independent Practice (10 mins)
    Provide students with a worksheet that includes similar problems to the ones in the video. Have them create their own T-charts to help them find the standard form of each number. The worksheet should include images of balloons with the possible answers, like in the video, to circle the correct answer.
  • Wrap-up (3 mins)
    Review the answers to the independent practice problems as a class. Ask students to explain how they used the T-chart to solve the problems. Reiterate the importance of place value in understanding numbers.

Interactive Exercises

  • Place Value Bingo
    Create bingo cards with numbers in standard form. Call out numbers in word form (e.g., 'five hundreds, two tens, three ones'). Students mark off the corresponding number on their bingo card.
  • Building Numbers with Manipulatives
    Use base-ten blocks (hundreds flats, tens rods, ones units) to represent numbers. Give students a number in word form and have them build it using the blocks.

Discussion Questions

  • What does place value mean?
  • How does the T-chart help us find the standard form of a number?
  • Why is it important to understand place value?

Skills Developed

  • Understanding Place Value
  • Number Representation
  • Problem-Solving

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What is the value of the 3 in the number 352?

Correct Answer: 3 hundreds

Question 2:

Which number shows 2 hundreds, 0 tens, and 5 ones?

Correct Answer: 205

Question 3:

How many tens are in the number 78?

Correct Answer: 7

Question 4:

Which number is equal to 100 + 20 + 3?

Correct Answer: 123

Question 5:

In the number 467, which digit is in the ones place?

Correct Answer: 7

Question 6:

What is the value of the 5 in the number 150?

Correct Answer: 5 tens

Question 7:

Which number shows 8 hundreds, 3 tens, and 1 one?

Correct Answer: 831

Question 8:

How many hundreds are in the number 900?

Correct Answer: 9

Question 9:

Which number is equal to 200 + 5?

Correct Answer: 205

Question 10:

In the number 612, which number is in the tens place?

Correct Answer: 1

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

The number 235 has 2 ________.

Correct Answer: hundreds

Question 2:

In the number 67, the 7 is in the _______ place.

Correct Answer: ones

Question 3:

The number 400 has _______ tens.

Correct Answer: 0

Question 4:

5 hundreds + 2 tens + 8 ones = _______

Correct Answer: 528

Question 5:

In the number 192, the 9 is in the _______ place.

Correct Answer: tens

Question 6:

The number 340 has ______ hundreds.

Correct Answer: 3

Question 7:

The number 8 has ________ tens.

Correct Answer: 0

Question 8:

7 hundreds + 0 tens + 0 ones = ________

Correct Answer: 700

Question 9:

In the number 561, the 1 is in the _______ place.

Correct Answer: ones

Question 10:

The number 999 has _______ ones.

Correct Answer: 9

Educational Standards

2.N.1.1:Read, write, discuss, and represent whole numbers up to 1,000. Representations should include, but are not limited to, numerals, words, pictures, tally marks, number lines, and manipulatives. 2.N.1.3:Use place value to describe whole numbers between 10 and 1,000 in terms of hundreds, tens, and ones, including written, standard, and expanded forms. Know that 10 is equivalent to 10 ones and 100 is equivalent to 10 tens.

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