Make a Ten
Topics
- Place Value
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Arithmetic
Description
Add numbers by making tens. Break apart and combine numbers while focusing on place value. Use the adding screen to add any two numbers. Use the game screen to apply your make-a-ten strategies!
Sample Learning Goals
- Improve understanding of place value by using different sizes of papers for ones, tens, and hundreds.
- Develop mental math strategies when taking apart and putting together numbers.
- Use the “make a ten” strategy when counting and doing addition.
- Develop a mental model of the basic properties of numbers including commutativity, associativity, and closure.
Standards Alignment
Common Core - Math
Teacher Tips
Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
Title | Authors | Level | Type | Subject | ||
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CCSS Math Alignment with Sims | Amanda McGarry | K-5 HS MS |
Other | Mathematics | ||
Double-Digit Addition | Susan O'Reilly | K-5 | Guided | Mathematics | ||
Standard Adding Algorithm Demonstration | Beth Stade | K-5 | Demo | Mathematics | ||
Intervention and Targeted Practice Tips | Beth Stade | K-5 | Discuss Other |
Mathematics | ||
Number Talks | Beth Stade | K-5 | Demo Other HW |
Mathematics | ||
Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 | Diana López | UG-Intro MS Grad UG-Adv K-5 HS |
HW Discuss |
Chemistry Mathematics Astronomy Physics |
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Operações Aritméticas Fundamentais | Georgyana Cidrão; Francisco Régis Vieira Alves | K-5 | Guided Lab |
Mathematics | ||
Quadro Valor e Lugar - QVL | Carolina Silveira | MS | Lab | Mathematics |
The new HTML5 sims can run on iPads and Chromebooks, as well as PC, Mac, and Linux systems.
iPad:
iOS 11+ Safari
iPad compatible sims
Android:
Not officially supported. If you are using the HTML5 sims on Android, we recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome.
Chromebook:
Latest version of Google Chrome
The HTML5 and Flash PhET sims are supported on all Chromebooks.
Chromebook compatible sims
Windows Systems:
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Google Chrome.
Macintosh Systems:
macOS 10.9.5+, Safari 9+, latest version of Chrome.
Linux Systems:
Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.
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