Base Ten Blocks for Number Sense

####Base Ten Blocks for Number Sense

Base-ten Blocks are traditionally used in primary grades for children to make sense of the base-ten **numeral system**. The term "numeral" should be used whenever there is confusion. Indeed, a number is an abstract idea, which has numerous representations. For example, the number idea of 9 is 9 in base-ten, 1001 in base two, 11 in base-eight, neuf in French, IX in Roman numerals, 九 in Chinese, nueve in Spanish, and on and on. Mathematically, it reall