standard_description: Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases:
- 100 can be thought of as a bundle of ten tens — called a “hundred.”
- The numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine hundreds (and 0 tens and 0 ones).
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this Choral Count is for students to practice counting back by 10 and notice patterns in the count. These understandings help students develop fluency and will be helpful later in this lesson when students will need to be able to decompose hundreds.
Launch
“Count back by 10, starting at 590.”
Record as students count.
Stop counting and recording at 390.
Activity
“What patterns do you see?”
1–2 minutes: quiet think time
Record responses.
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
“What comes after 390 if we keep counting back by 10? What comes after 300?”


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