Maryland Math 2.NOS.A.1

Math2nd GradeNumber and Operation Sense

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Use understanding of 100 as a bundle of ten tens, called a “hundred,” and compose and decompose three-digit numbers. Compose and decompose three-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones by using objects, drawings, and/or equations (e.g., 328 = 300 + 20 + 8 or 328 is thirty-two tens and 8 ones). Describe a given number as the correct number of hundreds, tens, and ones (e.g., 328 is three hundreds, two tens and eight ones). Compose and decompose three-digit numbers in more than one way (e.g., 439 = 400 + 39 or 439 = 435 + 4).

Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics (2025) · UNDERSTAND PLACE VALUE AND REPRESENTATIONS OF NUMBERS.

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What Students Need to Do

Students bundle ten tens to make one hundred. They build, draw, and write three-digit numbers in hundreds, tens, and ones. They trade a hundred for ten tens to show the same number another way.

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can build 328 with 3 hundreds, 2 tens, and 8 ones, then write 300 + 20 + 8. They can trade the 3 hundreds for 30 tens and describe 328 as 32 tens and 8 ones.

Common Misconceptions

Some students read the digits in 328 as 3 + 2 + 8 instead of 300 + 20 + 8. Others think trading one hundred for ten tens changes the number. A zero in the tens place, as in 405, can lead them to leave out the hundreds or ones.

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Draw 243 with hundreds, tens, and ones. Then trade one hundred for ten tens and write both ways to make 243.

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Ways to Teach It

  1. Give pairs 2 hundred flats, 13 ten rods, and 4 cubes; have them trade rods for a flat and record both names for 334.

  2. Ask: How can 352 be both 3 hundreds, 5 tens, 2 ones and 2 hundreds, 15 tens, 2 ones?

  3. Play a card match with 406, 400 + 6, 3 hundreds + 10 tens + 6 ones, and matching base-ten sketches.

  4. Use an order of 236 pencils: draw boxes of 100, packs of 10, and loose pencils, then repack one box.

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