10 little cubes ('peas') in the stick ('chip')
10 chips in the square ('waffle')
10 waffles in the BIG cube
it's better to hold them up
if you can - one of each will do
how many peas in a waffle?
how many chips in a BIG cube?
etc.
if the chip is 1
what are the rest? (pointing, or holding them up)
what if the BIG cube is 1?
what if the waffle is 5?
what if the BIG cube is 37?
what if the chip is 4.6?
etc. etc. etc.
Zoltan P Dienes advocated the use of such manipulatives for the teaching of place value
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