Here’s some fun math puzzles, activities and worksheets to help teach kids the tricky Teen numbers! Perfect teen number math center activities and NO more tears for learning numbers 11-20 guaranteed!

Teaching and learning ‘TEEN’ numbers can be tricky for everyone and just when you think your kids have ‘Got it!’ they go realise that they are totally confused about them because they think thirty and thirteen are the same!!! So to help with all the confusion about teaching the numbers 11-20, we have made some excellent activities that are heavily focused on using place value to build solid understandings.

Using Place value to learn the numbers 11-19 helps to wipe out the confusion between teen and ty numbers so there will be no more hesitation about the numbers 30, 31, 13, 31!

All these teen number math centre activities have been created using the many years of working as a numeracy coach, so you can be confident that these number worksheets are not just busy work!  These activities focus on:

• number formation
• number names and spelling of number names
• locating the numbers on a number line
• counting forwards and backwards
• finding the number in a number grid
• number before, after
• odd or even
• comparing numbers greater than & less than the focus number
• Building the numbers using place value materials – Base 10, Place Value Abacus, Pop sticks & ten frames
• Creating a collection
• Basic addition and subtraction number facts including the commutative property of addition
• Creating word problems
• Demonstrating Place value understanding using First Steps diagnostic tools– understand the value of individual digits in 2 digit numbers

Select the pack which works best for you…

“Meet The Teens” Bumper 6-in-1 Pack

Add this “Meet The Teens” pack to your cart if you want 6-in-1 math centre activities for learning the numbers 11-19.

Here’s what’s included:

• 1 secured PDF Print Only – 60 pages
• 6 different math centre activities for the numbers 11 to 19.
• Instructions
• Use them for small group intervention, math centre ideas, and independent practice.

Details of the Activities

Activity 1 – Advanced – Students ‘Count it’ and ‘Write it ‘ mats for numbers 11-19.

• There are 3 versions of the baseboard to select from for activity 1
• Draw a number card either as a digit or a word and place it on the square frame on the mat
• Next, break the number into tens and ones using the circle number pieces, place them on the mat
• Match the smiley ten frames to the number
• Complete the tens and 1’s  summary sentence – 3 versions

Activity 2 – Easy – Math Mats – Students ‘Count it’ and ‘Write it ‘ Math/Playdough Mats

• There is a mat for each number 11-19 for activity 2
• Students “Say the Number” and how many 10’s and 1’s it is made up of. Students can also make the number from playdough if using
• Next, count out the correct number of materials and add them to the ten frames. Or use playdough
• Finally, complete the summary sentence at the end describing the 10’s & 1’s needed to make the number

Activity 3 – Intermediate – Math Mats – Students ‘Trace it’ and ‘Show it’ Mats

• There is a colour coded mat for each number 11-19 for activity 3
• Students trace and colour the  number word
• Next, they trace the number as tens and ones using the colour coding
• Finally, students colour the correct amount of MAB math materials to ‘Show it’

Activity 4 – Advanced – Math Mats – Students ‘Trace it’ and ‘Show it’ Mats

• There is 1 B&W baseboard for students to write the numbers 11-19 independently for activity 4
• Students trace and colour the number in words word or use the cutout pieces to stick onto the board
• Next, they trace the number as tens and ones using colour coding or use the cutout pieces to stick onto the board
• Finally, students show the number by drawing materials onto the sheet to ‘Show it’or use the cutout pieces to stick onto the board

Activity 5 – All Levels – Cut, Sort, Stick Worksheets

• There is a separate B&W worksheet for each number 11-19 for activity 5
• Students colour and cut out the pieces that show different 10’s and 1’s representations of the number
• Next, they sort which images show the number and which don’t and stick them onto the correct sorting spaces on the worksheet

Activity 6 – All Levels – 4 Versions – Build A Teen Worksheets

• There are 4 versions of this worksheet
• The focus is on making the numbers 11-19 in tens and ones

Add this “Meet The Teens” pack to your cart if you want 6-in-1 math centre activities for learning the numbers 11-19!

‘Teen’ Number Worksheets (11-20)- (US & NON-US Spellings included)

Add “Teen Number Worksheets” to your cart if you want to assess students understanding of the numbers 11-19.

Here’s what’s included:

• 2 secured PDF Print Only – 70 pages each – (1x US spelling & 1 non-US spelling)
• 2 versions of the same worksheets for numbers 11-20- There’s a 2-page version and a paper-saving 1-page version
• 2 cover pages too so you can even create a morning work student booklet for the numbers 11-20

Details of the Activities

Both versions included 12 activities about each number 11-20:

1. find the number on a 100 chart
2. find the number on a number line
3. find the correct spelling of the number as a word
4. trace the number digits
5. trace the number word
6. write the number before
7. write the number after
8. is the number odd or even?
9. colour the number to show tens and ones
10. show the number using materials – ten frames, pop sticks, MAB & a place value abacus
11. Write a word problem
12. + & – number facts house number sentences

Add “Teen Number Worksheets” pack to your cart if you want to assess students understanding of the numbers 11-19.

 

 

Teen Numbers (1-20) Puzzles Pack

Add “Teen Number Place Value Puzzles Mixed Materials” to your cart to help kids to connect teens to place value using a variety of visual representations and materials.

Here’s what’s included:

• 1 secured PDF Print Only – 35 pages
• 8 pieces per puzzle but they work with a minimum of 3, so they can be easily differentiated to meet the different needs of your students
• instructions – print onto colour paper, laminate & cut
• includes numbers and puzzle pieces for 1-20 (inclusive), 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 – we suggest you compare the teen with the corresponding ty number, e.g.sixteen & sixty

Add “Teen Number Place Value Puzzles Mixed Materials” to your cart to help kids to connect teens to place value using a variety of visual representations and materials.

Teen Number Puzzles (11-20) Pack

 

Add “Ten Frame Puzzles Pack ” to your cart to help kids to connect teens to place value using ten frames and groups of 10’s and 1’s

Here’s what’s included:

• 1 secured PDF Print Only – 50 pages
• 9 different 2 piece puzzles for the numbers 11 to 19. Use them for small group intervention, math centre ideas, and independent practice
• Students find and match the teen numbers to ten frames, 10’s addition number sentences and pictorial quantities
• Instructions

Add “Ten Frame Puzzles Pack ” to your cart to help kids to connect teens to place value using ten frames and groups of 10’s and 1’s

Teen Number Puzzles & Make Your Own Pack

Add “Strip Puzzles Pack ” to your cart to help kids to connect teens to place value using a variety of visual representations and materials.

Teach your students about the teen numbers and their friends with this bright, fun and motivating Rearrange the pieces Puzzles Pack! Your students will learn about 11-19 and place value. They are Easy Cut Teen Numbers & Their Friends (11-19) puzzles that are perfect for your math centres. Just print onto A4 laminate to reuse and you’re all set. There are 29 colour versions and 10 templates for the students to make their own numbers 11-19 puzzles.

Here’s what’s included:

• 1 secured PDF Print Only – 39 pages
• 1 A4 colour strip puzzle with numbers 11-19 (9 puzzles)
• 1 A4 Colour strip puzzle for each number 11-19 (9 puzzles)
• Black & White template for each number 11-19 for students to finish and colour (1 puzzle)
• 1 B&W template with spaces for students to add & colour the teen numbers (1 puzzle)
• 1 Colour version 5 piece puzzle matching number name with 5 representations of the number 1 puzzle per number 11-19 – (9 puzzles in total)
• 1 B&W 5 piece puzzle matching number name with 5 representations of the number 1 puzzle per number 11-19 – (9 puzzles in total)Add
• instructions

Add “Strip Puzzles Pack ” to your cart to help kids to connect teens to place value using a variety of visual representations and materials.

Teen & Ty Numbers Build it Boards

Add “Build it BoardsPack ” to your cart to help kids to recognise the difference between teens, ty & teen reversals.

Use these 2 digit Place Value Boards to show your kids the difference between the Ty numbers and Teen numbers. Students often get the two numbers mixed up because they cannot hear the subtle differences between the words when they are said out loud; especially in noisy classrooms. With these boards, students work on 3 related numbers at the same time to help them see the differences. They Place value materials to show the difference between 13, 31, 30.

• 1 secured PDF Print Only – 50 pages
• 2 colour tens and ones “build it boards” for each ‘teen’ number (number words & numbers as digits) 11-19 – 10 boards 2 to 1A4 page
• 2 colour tens and ones “build it boards” for each ‘ty’ number (number words & numbers as digits) 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 – 80 boards 2 to 1A4 page
• 2 colour tens and ones “build it boards” for each ‘ty +1’ number (number words & numbers as digits) 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91 – 80 boards 2 to 1A4 page
• All boards above in a B&W version ready to print on colour paper

Add “Build it BoardsPack ” to your cart to help kids to recognise the difference between teens, ty & teen reversals.

 

 

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