Zoltan dienes blocks with thousands
Zoltan dienes blocks with thousands
Zoltan dienes blocks with thousands of hands!
Base ten blocks
Mathematical aid
Base ten blocks, also known as Dienes blocks after popularizer Zoltán Dienes (Hungarian:[ˈdijɛnɛʃ]), are a mathematical manipulative used by students to practice counting and elementary arithmetic and develop number sense in the context of the decimalplace-value system as a more concrete and direct representation than written Hindu–Arabic numerals.
The three-dimensional blocks are made of a solid material such as plastic or wood and generally come in four sizes, each representing a power of ten used as a place in the decimal system: units (ones place), longs (tens place), flats (hundreds place) and blocks (thousands place).[1] There are also computer programs available that simulate base ten blocks.
Base ten blocks were first described by Catherine Stern in 1949,[2] though Maria Montessori had earlier introduced a similar manipulative, the "golden beads", which were assembled into the same shapes as b