Number pieces can help students develop a deeper understanding of place value while building their computation skills with multi-digit numbers. Teachers and students can use the pieces to model multi-digit numbers, regroup, add, subtract, multiply and divide. Students can represent equations but dragging and dropping the virtual tools including cubes, rods, and flats (or singles, stickers, and sheets). Teachers can model strategies by projecting for the whole class or in small groups on Chromebooks or iPads.
This virtual tool is an open-ended educational tool, ideal for elementary classrooms and home use. It is a free app which can be used on an iPad or visit the Math Learning Center's web page on a computer or Chromebook.
Some key features include:
- Add and manipulate pieces (ones, tens, and hundreds).
- Join pieces in groups of ten or break them apart (e.g., 10 ones into 1 ten and vice versa).
- Choose from three different colors to clearly identify groups or pieces.
- Move, rotate, and duplicate pieces individually or as a group.
- Use the drawing tools to label representations and show understanding.
- Write equations and expressions with the text tool.
- Take a screenshot, pull the image into Seesaw and have your students explain their thinking.
