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The article discusses how MAB (Multi-base Arithmetic Blocks) or Base 10 materials can be a powerful tool for teaching and reinforcing the trading/exchanging of place value in numbers. The wooden flats mentioned in the article are a staple in every classroom and each flat measures 10 x 10 x 1cm.
When children initally undertake the learning of numbers it's generally done bu some kind of continuum, where the numbers just go on and on and on. Rote learning of numbers does not necessarily introduce the children to the importat structure of our number system, grouping of tens, hundreds, thousands and so on. MAB (Multi-base Arithmetic Blocks) otherwise known as Base 10 materials are one of the most commonly found pieces of equiment in schools.
This powerful visual model is an exellent approach to introducing and reinforcing trading/exchanging of place value in numbers.
These wooden flats are a staple in every classroom. Each flat measures 10 x 10 x 1cm.
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