Place Value Practice: Composing Number 6 Using Tens and Units Blocks

Make the number 6 using units and/or tens.

To solve this problem of making the number 6 using visual representations, we will utilize unit blocks. Each unit represents 1, so to make the number 6, we need:

• 6 unit blocks, since each block represents 1, adding up to $6 \times 1 = 6$.

Let us examine the choices provided:

Choice 1 consists of a tens block and one unit block, representing 11, which is more than 6.

Choice 2 consists of 3 unit blocks, equaling 3, which is less than 6.

Choice 3 consists of 6 unit blocks exactly, summing to 6, accurately representing the number 6.

Choice 4 consists of multiple tens blocks, which sum to values greater than 6.

Thus, choice 3 correctly uses 6 unit blocks to represent the number 6.

Therefore, the solution to the problem is the visual representation in Choice 3.