Place Value Beads: Count and Fill the Numbers Worksheet
Counting beads on an abacus-style picture and writing the tens and ones totals teaches children ages 3-5 place value through a visual, hands-on representation rather than abstract numerals alone. Solving the final abacus total afterward reinforces that a two-digit number is really the sum of its tens and ones parts.
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Month 4: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7
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Curriculum
- Number Recognition > Number Names
How to use this worksheet
Look at the first abacus picture together and count the beads in the tens row, then count the beads in the ones row separately. Have your child write each count in the correct tens and ones box. Once both boxes are filled in, ask them to combine the tens and ones to solve the abacus's total number.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Build your own simple abacus using pipe cleaners threaded with beads.
- 2Count everyday objects and group them into tens and leftover ones.
- 3Draw new abacus pictures with different bead counts for extra practice.
- 4Practice with two-digit number cards, asking how many tens and ones make up each one.
- 5Use a real abacus toy, if you have one, to practice sliding beads to match numbers.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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