Grade
5
Same & Different: Base Ten Pieces
Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?
![A. shows 3 mats, 4 strips, and 2 units in base ten pieces. The number is 342. Each base ten unit equals blank. B. shows 3 mats, 4 strips, and 2 units in base ten pieces. The number 3.42. Each base ten unit equals blank.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/z1frJ6GWTMPmXbfeVynY7ep0NXqW2Qkh9qkR8mNV3J7Vi6zE6Q.png?itok=l577u7OF)
- How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
- A and B are the same because …
- A and B are different because …
- Use base ten pieces to make a third picture that shows a number. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.
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