Button Place Value

Pose the following problem to students and have them work in pairs to solve it. Tell them to draw a picture and write a number sentence to show how they solved the problem.

Romesh was counting buttons when it was time to go home from school. He had 1 plastic bag of 100 buttons, 13 cups of ten buttons, and 37 loose buttons he hadn't put into cups yet. Help Romesh figure out how many total buttons he has.