BBC HomeExplore the BBC

31 December 2009
Accessibility help
Text only
Schools Starship Homepage
Starship Teachers Starship Homepage

BBC Homepage
BBC Schools BBC Teachers
home
English
Maths
Print and Do
TV and Radio
Teachers
Parents
Credits

Web Links

Schools Help
Copyright

Contact Us

Like this page?
Send it to a friend!

 
Songs

Hundreds, Tens and Units


I am a unit. Thought I’d say hello.
When you start to count, I’m always on the go.
I keep getting higher, up to nine, and then
I go back to zero and add one to the tens.

Standing together side by side, we make numbers work.

I am a ten and you’ll always find
I’ve got a unit to the right hand side.
I keep getting higher, up to nine, and then
Add one to the hundreds and start over again.

Standing together side by side, we make numbers work.

I am a hundred and you’ll always find
I’ve got a ten and a unit to the right hand side.
I keep getting higher, up to nine, and then
Add one to the thousands and start over again.

Standing together side by side, we make numbers work.

But when we get together in harmony,
The fun starts to happen you will see.
Take a number like one hundred and forty three -
One hundred
Four tens
Three units
One hundred and forty three.

Standing together side by side, we make numbers work.

But when we get together in harmony,
The fun starts to happen you will see.
Take the number of days in a year -
Three hundreds
Six tens
Five units
Three hundred and sixty five.

Standing together side by side, we make numbers work.




top
Songs


About the BBC | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy