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if a kindergarten or first grade child counts that there are 36 sticks in a collection and you then ask the child to show what the 3 in 36 means the child might show you three sticks, what is a way to show what the 3 in 36 means

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You can split the 36 into base 10 blocks and tell them 3 means three 10 blocks.

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