standard_description: Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:
- The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
- The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).
- 10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones — called a “ten.”
problem_activity: Stage 2: Numbers 11–19
Required Preparation
Materials to Gather
Connecting cubes
Two-color counters
Materials to Copy
Blackline Masters
Make or Break Apart Numbers Stage 2 Recording Sheet
Make or Break Apart Numbers Stage 2 Number Mat 11-19
Make or Break Apart Numbers Stage 2 Gameboards

Narrative
Students roll to get a number from 11–19. They find two groups of dots that can be put together to make that number. Students write an expression to represent the two parts that make the number.


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