Our collection of cubes come in three materials - wooden, plastic, and foam.
The 3D wooden and plastic cubes are easy to clean, soft to touch yet made to withstand constant use in the classroom. The Coloured Student Mab Set is the perfect size to cater for an individual or small group, so the set can be used for classrooms or home settings. The Foam Magnetic Base Ten Set is designed for visualisation on a whiteboard. The 2D set can used on any magnetic surface.
Our interlocking plastic cubes are easy to connect, fun to play with, and are ideal for teaching students’ fundamental mathematics concepts. This includes counting, sorting, patterns, addition, subtraction, multiplication, graphing and more!
The non-interlocking plastic cubes can be incorporated into random chance and probability experiments, assign place value units to the different colours, or simply practise counting and patterns, the possibilities are endless!
Students can build tower with five blue cubes and three red cubes to visually see a 3D version of a bar graph.
Stack a random number of one coloured cubes on top of another stack of cubes with a different colour.
Don’t limit students to building standard blocky shapes. Let them shape the interlocking cubes into any shape they wish.
The non-interlocking wooden and plastic cubes are referred to the MAB units.
MAB is a familiar base ten system, the structure of which lends itself primarily to teaching place value, but its applications are far reaching. Single units can also easily be applied to teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, number sense, and counting. When used in conjunction with MAB longs, flats and cubes, these MAB units are a key component of engaging base ten block assessments.
Use the MAB with our high-quality plastic Place Value Frame which features three compartments, perfectly sized to fit the units, longs, and flats. All three compartments have built-in number dials in the front with numbers ranging from 0-9.
Explore more ideas to make most from the MAB, check out Dr Paul Swan's Base Ten Blocks book. The book is packed with hands-on ideas to illustrate place value, decimals, fractions, percentages and more.