The ideas in this place value lesson are taken from the place value ebook that I sell at MathMammoth.com. Only a few examples of each problem type are shown; you should make more problems of each kind for the student.

Tens and ones place value practice
Free lesson plan from HomeschoolMath.net

Fill in the table.  Think of the '+' sign as "and": 10 + 3 means 10 and 3.

Eleven 1 ten 1 one 10 + 1 tens ones 1 1	Thirteen 1 ten __ ones 10 + 3 tens ones 1 3	__________ 1 ten __ ones 10 + __ tens ones
Sixteen 1 ten __ ones 10 + __ tens ones	__________ _ ten __ ones __ + __ tens ones	Twenty 2 tens 0 ones 20 + 0 tens ones 2 0
__________ 2 tens __ ones 20 + __ tens ones	__________ __ tens __ ones __ + __ tens ones	__________ __ tens __ ones __ + __ tens ones
__________ 2 tens __ ones 20 + __ tens ones	Thirty 3 tens 0 ones 30 + 0 tens ones	__________ __ tens __ ones __ + __ tens ones
__________ __ ten __ ones __ + __ tens ones	__________ __ ten __ ones __ + __ tens ones	Forty __ tens  40 + 0 tens ones
Forty-one 4 tens 1 one 40 + 1 tens ones 4 1	Forty-two 4 tens 2 ones 40 + 2 tens ones 4	____________ __ tens __ ones 40 + __ tens ones
Fifty 5 tens 0 ones 50 + 0 tens ones	____________ __ tens __ ones 50 + __ tens ones	____________ __ tens __ ones ___ + __ tens ones
Seventy-eight __ tens __ ones ___ + __ tens ones	____________ __ tens __ ones ___ + __ tens ones	____________ __ tens __ ones ___ + __ tens ones
____________ __ tens 0 ones ___ + 0 tens ones	____________ __ tens __ ones ___ + __ tens ones	Hundred 1 hundred and   0 tens 0 ones 100 + 0 + 0 hundreds tens ones 1 0  0

Example problem types

1. Make a number line from 0 till 40.  Practice counting aloud upwards and downwards with your teacher.

2. Make a number line from 40 till 80.  Practice counting up and down with your teacher.

3.  Fill in the missing numbers on the number lines.
 

__|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_
  67

__|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_
                                                        83

6.  What number is...

You can use the chart to help.  You can make a game out of this, too!

7.  a)  Make a number line from 0 to 40. 

b)  Make a number line from 50 to 100.

8.  Each ten-pillar has tens little cubes.  Fill in the table.  Write each number also as an addition.

5 tens 7 ones 50 + 7 = ___	__ tens __ ones ___ + __ = ___	__ tens __ ones ___ + __ = ___
__ tens __ ones ___ + __ = ___	__ tens __ ones  ___ + __ = ___	__ tens __ ones  ___ + __ = ___

9.  Match the number to its name.

10.  Break the numbers down to their tens and ones and write as addition.

11.  Do the same the other way around!  Add.

13.  What numbers go on the empty lines?

14.  Circle the number that is more.  If it is difficult, write down how many tens and ones the numbers have and represent them with base ten blocks, or with matches with ten-bundles.

15.  Can you build these numbers?

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