Golden Bead Material (W Beads)

The Golden Bead Material introduces the child to the decimal system with concrete representations of the hierarchy of numbers. Quantity and place value are explored by the child through activities in the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Comprises a variety of golden bead materials representing the units place to the thousands, as well as wooden hundred squares and thousand cubes, along with corresponding place value number cards, all contained in three wooden trays.

This set includes:

• 50 golden bead units
• 45 golden bead bars of ten with a wooden box
• 10 golden bead hundred squares with a wooden box
• 1 golden bead thousand cube
• 45 wooden hundred squares
• 9 wooden thousand cubes
• 4 sets of Small Number Cards 1-9000
• 2 sets of Large Number Cards 1-9000
• 3 large wooden storage trays
• 6 plastic cups, coloured gold

Features

• W Beads are 8 mm acrylic, wired with brass. Beads are the same colour as our C Beads.
• Card material: PVC.
• 3 large trays have handles for easier carrying.
• Large tray dimensions:
  • 43 cm x 28.5 cm x 5.5 cm.
  • 39 cm x 26.5 cm x 5.5 cm.
  • 35.5 cm x 24.5 cm x 5.5 cm.
• Bead box dimensions: 13.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 3 cm.
• Bowl dimensions: 5 cm x 5 cm x 3.5 cm.
• Large card box: 21.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 3 cm.
• Small card box: 15.5 cm x 5 cm x 3 cm.
• Wooden thousand cube width: 8.2 cm.
• Wooden hundred square thickness: 0.8 cm.