Dienes Blocks Rubber (Product Code: SLE/LP/12) is a base-ten block kit used to consolidate place value and to introduce algebraic identities in school maths. The kit holds 100 small cubes, 20 rods, 5 plates and 1 large cube for a group of 4 children aged 6–14 years, and it works for decimal as well as whole-number place value. It is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India, as one of its mathematics lab kits.
| Parameter | Detail |
|---|---|
| Small cubes | 100 |
| Rods | 20 |
| Plates | 5 |
| Large cube | 1 |
| Group size | 4 children |
| Age | 6–14 years |
| Activity guide | Write-up with details of the activities |
| Uses | Whole-number and decimal place value and related operations; addition and subtraction algorithm; decimals in expanded form; algebraic identities and factorisation |
| Product code | SLE/LP/12 |
| Supplied by | Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India |
In the usual base-ten arrangement, a rod stands for ten small cubes, a plate for ten rods and the large cube for ten plates. When children add, they physically trade ten cubes for a rod; when they subtract, they break a rod back into cubes. Carrying and borrowing stop being rules to memorise and become actions they can see.
The same pieces take on new values for decimals: if the large cube is chosen as one whole, plates, rods and cubes become tenths, hundredths and thousandths, which makes the expanded form of a decimal easy to picture. In later years, plates and rods arranged into rectangles give an area model for algebraic identities and factorisation, so one kit can stay in use across a wide age range.
Dienes Blocks Rubber is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited, the company that operates under the ScienceLab name in Ambala, Haryana, to schools, maths labs, teacher-education colleges and dealers in India and international markets. For vendor registration, institutions can record the supplying company’s GSTIN 06AAECJ8618A1ZT and its Importer-Exporter Code AAECJ8618A issued by DGFT. More background is on the ScienceLab profile.
Place-value materials that work alongside this block set:
The full Primary range has further number kits.
What is in the Dienes Blocks Rubber kit?
The Dienes Blocks Rubber kit contains 100 small cubes, 20 rods, 5 plates and 1 large cube, along with a write-up giving details of the activities for place value, decimals and algebra.
What age group is Dienes Blocks Rubber for?
Dienes Blocks Rubber is designed for a group of 4 children aged 6–14 years, so the same kit carries from early place-value lessons in primary classes to algebraic identities and factorisation in later school years.
Can Dienes Blocks Rubber be used for decimals?
Yes. Dienes Blocks Rubber can be used to teach decimal as well as whole-number place value, to show the quantity behind decimal numbers and to write decimals in expanded form, in addition to its use for algebra.
How is Dienes Blocks Rubber different from Dienes Blocks Plastic?
Dienes Blocks Rubber and Dienes Blocks Plastic list the same 100 small cubes, 20 rods, 5 plates and 1 large cube. Ask us through the contact page to confirm the material of each and which version best suits your class.
Who supplies Dienes Blocks Rubber?
Dienes Blocks Rubber is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, Haryana, India. Schools, maths labs and dealers in India and international markets can order it as single kits or in class quantities.
What details does a Dienes Blocks Rubber quotation need?
A Dienes Blocks Rubber quotation needs the number of kits (each for 4 children), the delivery address and any vendor-registration forms your institution uses. Send these through the contact page and we will reply with a quotation.
Request prices for Dienes Blocks Rubber by sending the kit quantity and delivery details through the contact page, or save it in the enquiry cart with other place-value kits.
Last updated: 24 September 2026