Plastic square with 10 x 10 raised circle for placing Numicon® Shapes and overlays on. Also a base for building towers of number bonds or making patterns with the Numicon® Pegs. This blank 100 square base board is useful in many Numicon® activities.

Reasons to Love:

•A great base for making patterns using the Numicon pegs and doubles up as a blank 100 square which is perfect for teaching multiplication/timetables facts.

•Test children’s spatial awareness and ability to estimate through asking them to cover the board. Represent simple fractions using the board e.g. how many tenths cover the board?

•Change the value of each board square to a ten for example, allowing for work with much larger numbers (seven digits and above) consistent with curriculum objectives in Year 5 & 6.

•Use in upper key stage 2 as a means of finding reflective symmetry, consistent with curriculum geometry objectives.