Question

Abby uses base 10 blocks to show 1,109. She has no thousands cubes and only 9 flats, as shown. Draw longs and units on the chart to finish Abby's model.

Answer 1

20 longs, 9 units more than the 9 flats

Explanation:

If Abby has 9 flats, she has 900 blocks of the 1109 she needs. The remaining 209 can be represented by ...

20 longs

9 units

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Comment on the question

We cannot see the model Abby has put together so far, so we don't know exactly what it takes to finish it. Any longs or units she already shows must be subtracted from the numbers above.