Place Value Cadence
© 2006 by Brandy Henderson
Kennewick School District
Adapted from: Marine Cadence
Classroom Educational Use Only
I don’t know but I’ve been told
Place values worth its weight in gold
Cubes, longs, and flats you can trade
As long as an equal value is made
Trade off …cubes are ones
Trade off …longs are tens
Trade off …flats are hundreds
Ten cubes equal one long
Pay attention and learn this song
Ten longs equal one flat
That’s 100 how about that
Trade off …cubes are ones
Trade off …longs are tens
Trade off …flats are hundreds
It takes 100 cubes you know
To make a flat it is so
Equal trades are what we make
Place value knowledge is what we take