Hundreds Chart

Ways to use it in class

• Skip counting. Count by 2, 5 or 10 and look at the shape: twos make stripes, fives make two columns, tens make one.
• Adding ten. Start on any number and move one square down: the tens digit grows by one and the ones digit stays.
• Odd and even. Color every even number and the chart splits into alternating columns.
• Missing numbers. Hide all, reveal a few, and ask what goes in the blank squares around them.
• Mystery picture. Read out numbers for students to color, and a picture appears.

Printing a hundreds chart

Press Print for a full chart, or hide numbers first for a fill-in worksheet. Colored squares print in color, so a pattern you made on the board can go home with students.

Questions teachers ask

What is a hundreds chart?

A ten-by-ten grid of the numbers 1 to 100, ten in each row. Moving right adds one and moving down adds ten, which is why it is one of the first pictures of place value children meet.

How do you skip count on a hundreds chart?

Type the number to count by, for example 5, and press Show multiples. Every fifth square lights up and the pattern of the five times table appears: two straight columns.

What is the difference between a hundreds chart and a hundred chart?

Nothing: both names are used for the same grid. Some classes prefer the 0 to 99 version, which puts every number with the same tens digit in one row; choose it above.

How do I make a missing-numbers worksheet?

Press Hide all, then switch to Hide and reveal and tap the squares you want students to see. Print the chart, and students fill in the blanks.

Why go up to 120?

Many first-grade standards ask children to count to 120, so the 1 to 120 chart adds two more rows past 100.