Find the Number that Makes 10 Worksheet
Use this find the number that makes 10 worksheet to help Kindergarten students complete six addition equations and three number bonds. An answer key is included, so it is an easy no-prep way to build make-ten fluency.
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Knowing which pairs of numbers add up to ten is one of the first real milestones in early math, and this find the number that makes 10 worksheet gives students a focused way to practice it. When a child can look at a 7 and immediately think “three more,” addition stops being a counting chore and starts becoming fluent mental math. Kindergarten standards ask students to find the number that makes 10 when added to any number from 1 to 9, and that single skill becomes the foundation for making ten, bridging through ten, and every place value idea that follows in first and second grade.
This kindergarten addition worksheet puts the same idea in front of students two different ways on one page. Part A shows six addition sentences with a blank box in the middle, so students write the partner that completes each equation. Part B shows three number bonds — the part-part-whole model many classrooms already use — with ten at the top and one part missing. Because both sections draw on the same nine facts, students begin to see that the equation and the bond are two pictures of one relationship. Use it as morning work, as a math center task, or as a quick check before moving on to addition within 20.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- Answer key
- 6 missing-addend equations and 3 number bonds, covering every partner of ten from 1 to 9
There are three reasons this find the number that makes 10 worksheet builds real fluency rather than busywork. First, every make-ten pair appears exactly once, so no fact is drilled twice while another is skipped. Second, the missing number sits inside the equation instead of after the equal sign, which pushes students to think about how the two parts relate rather than adding left to right out of habit. Third, the number bonds hand visual learners a model they can picture later, when they are asked to break a number apart in their heads during addition and subtraction within 20.
Away from the page, the same skill is easy to rehearse in a minute or two. Hold up both hands with some fingers folded down and ask how many more make ten. Play a quick card game where a student flips a number card and names its partner. Build ten with two colors of linking cubes and record the pair that made it, or toss ten beanbags toward a basket and write an equation for the ones that landed in and the ones that missed. Short, repeated practice like this is what turns these pairs into instant recall.
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