Number bonds to 10

Find the number that makes 10 when added to a given number from 1 to 9 (number bonds to 10)

ages 4 to 617 practice questionsvideo included

What a learner can do afterwards

Given 7, respond '3' to make 10
Use a ten-frame to find the complement to 10
Record pairs that make 10 as equations (e.g. 6 + 4 = 10)

1 · Read

You already split numbers into pairs. Now you will find pairs that make 10. This is called a number bond to 10.

Tap each star and count out loud.

7 and 3 make 10.

Try it together

Ben has 6 apples. He needs 10 for a pie. He knows 6 and 4 make 10. He needs 4 more apples.

Tap each apple and count out loud.

Try it together

Try a ten-frame. Fill in what you have. Count the empty boxes. Empty boxes plus filled boxes always make 10. For example, if you have 5, you fill 5 boxes. Count the empty boxes: 5. So 5 and 5 make 10.

Start at 6. Count up to 10. That is 4 hops.

Every number from 1 to 9 has a partner that makes 10.

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2 · Watch

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Take it off screen

Print a worksheetA4 with an answer key page for grown-ups. No screen, no internet.

Where it sits

Learn first

Numbers up to 10 into pairs

This opens up

Fluent adding and subtracting within 10 Showing Your Working Number bonds Adding Three Small Numbers

Where this leads

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Then practise

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