Ten-Frames Worksheets for Kindergarten: How Many More to Make 10?

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Grade KMathCounting & Number SenseCCSS K.OA.A.4CCSS K.CC.B.5

Skill: Finding how many more make 10 using a ten-frame

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Teaching tips and what to try next

Fits kindergartners who count to 10 reliably and have seen a ten-frame in class. An egg carton cut down to ten cups works as a homemade frame for snacks or buttons. Once the pairs come quickly, practice them without dots in Number Bonds to 10, or use them for adding in Make a Ten to Add.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

Knowing the partners of 10 is one of the most useful number facts a child can learn. Pairs like 7 and 3 or 6 and 4 come up again and again in adding, subtracting and mental math. A ten-frame makes these pairs easy to see, because the empty boxes show exactly how many are missing.

This kindergarten worksheet has nine ten-frames. Each frame is partly filled with dots, from 1 dot to 9 dots, and each amount appears once on the page. Children count the dots and write how many, then count the empty boxes and write how many more are needed to make 10. The dots always fill the top row first, from left to right, the same way ten-frames are used in most classrooms. Each of the ten versions puts the frames in a new order and has its own answer key.

How to use it: draw a ten-frame on paper and fill it with small toys or coins. Take some away and ask, "How many are here? How many empty spaces?" On the worksheet, encourage your child to notice the top row of five. A full top row plus two more is 7 without counting every dot. Many children count the empty boxes one by one at first, and that is a fine strategy. Later, ask your child to say the pair out loud as a sentence, such as "7 and 3 make 10."

The answer key shows both numbers for every frame. To practice the pairs without pictures, try our Number Bonds to 10 worksheet. For bigger numbers, try our Count to 20 With Ten-Frames worksheet.