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: Stage 1: Two-digit Numbers
Required Preparation
Materials to Gather
Number cards 0–10
Materials to Copy
Blackline Masters
Mystery Number Stage 1 Directions

Narrative
Students pick two cards and make a mystery two-digit number. Students give clues based on the sentence starters.


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