Colored Tiles

Colored tiles are some of the most versatile manipulatives out (IMO). Usually, the square tiles come in 4 colors (as seen above): red, yellow, green, and blue.

How to use Colored Tiles

• Place value (each color is a different value)
• Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Whole Numbers
• Area
• Perimeter
• Random group selector/creator (have each child pick a tile or disseminate each tile without looking)
• Counting
• Skip counting
• Equations (tiles could represent terms like 2k)
• Talking Chips
• Ratios (2 blue tiles for every 3 red tiles)