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Digi-Block, www.digi-block.com, Manipulatives, $289.98 for up to eight students

With the Digi-Block Learning System, elementary students can see and feel the differences among .001, .01, 1, 10, 100 and 1,000. New additions to the system include the decimals and resources for teaching decimal Meaning 10. The numbering system used by humans, which is based on 10 digits. In contrast, computers use binary numbers because it is easier to design electronic systems that can maintain two states rather than 10.  concepts in grades 4 and 5.

Each set contains 1,000 blocks and holders for whole numbers, four whole number place value mats, 500 tenth blocks, 500 hundredth blocks, four decimal place decimal place
n.
The position of a digit to the right of a decimal point, usually identified by successive ascending ordinal numbers with the digit immediately to the right of the decimal point being first:
 value mats and a teacher's guide. The teacher's guide highlights representation and comparison of decimals, addition and subtraction subtraction, fundamental operation of arithmetic; the inverse of addition. If a and b are real numbers (see number), then the number ab is that number (called the difference) which when added to b (the subtractor) equals  with decimals, and multiplication multiplication, fundamental operation in arithmetic and algebra. Multiplication by a whole number can be interpreted as successive addition. For example, a number N multiplied by 3 is N + N + N.  and division with decimals.

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(2) A desktop computer that houses every component except the keyboard and mouse inside the same case as the monitor.
 primary (grades K-1, $429.98) and intermediate (grades 2-3, $459.98) sets, which contain instructional material for up to 10 students. These sets are designed to meet the needs of students in Title I and special education programs.

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