Base 10
Nicolas Burdett
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic and cardboard
Measurements
10mm (length of units); 100 mm (width of flats); 10 mm (height of units)
Place of origin
Ludlow Hill Road, 17 Melton Road
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659526
Summary
A cardboard box containing a set of plastic mathematical teaching aids usually known as 'Base 10'. They come in various shapes including squares known as 'flats'; rods known as 'longs' and small cubes known as 'units'. This set consists of 9 blue 'flats' which have 10 small embossed squares to each side. 9 beige 'longs' which have 10 small embossed squares along their length, and are 1 small square wide. 10 yellow 'units' each 1cm (1 square) per side. Stamped in ink on the label of box is 'LITRE CUBE NB 1274'. Total number of items is twenty nine
Marks and inscriptions
On label of box: LITRE CUBE NB 1274
Makers and roles
Nicolas Burdett, maker