page_title: Base ten blocks
hierarchical_section_title: Base ten blocks
caption_attribution_description: English: Purple plastic Dienes or Base ten equipment used in a classroom
context_page_description: Base ten blocks, also known as MAB blocks or Dienes blocks, are a mathematical manipulative used by students to learn basic mathematical concepts including addition, subtraction, number sense, place value and counting. The student can manipulate the blocks in different ways to express numbers and patterns. Generally, the 3-dimensional blocks are made of a solid material such as plastic or wood and come in four sizes to indicate their individual place value: Units, Longs, Flats and Blocks. There are also computer programs available that simulate base ten blocks.
context_section_description: Base ten blocks, also known as MAB (multibase arithmetic blocks) blocks or Dienes blocks (after the mathematician and educationalist Zoltán Pál Dienes who promoted their use), are a mathematical manipulative used by students to learn basic mathematical concepts including addition, subtraction, number sense, place value and counting.  The student can manipulate the blocks in different ways to express numbers and patterns.  Generally, the 3-dimensional blocks are made of a solid material such as plastic or wood and come in four sizes to indicate their individual place value: Units (one’s place), Longs (ten’s place), Flats (hundred’s place) and Blocks (thousand’s place). There are also computer programs available that simulate base ten blocks.
caption: Dienes blocks in use
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