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Make 10: Kindergarten math

Make 10: find the partner for 1–9. A free kindergarten lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: make 10: find the partner for 1–9.

Teach (10 min)

  • Two parts make the whole.
  • Whole 10, part 4: the other part is 6.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/numsense.k_bonds?lesson=k-numsense-bonds-2&at=K

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Use the first three questions on the printable sheet as a slip.

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Make 10 (Kindergarten)

  1. The whole is 5. One part is 3. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    5?3
  2. The whole is 7. One part is 4. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    7?4
  3. The whole is 6. One part is 1. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    6?1
  4. The whole is 5. One part is 2. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    52?
  5. The whole is 6. One part is 3. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    6?3
  6. The whole is 10. One part is 7. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    10?7
  7. The whole is 6. One part is 2. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    6?2
  8. The whole is 10. One part is 2. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    102?
  9. The whole is 9. One part is 5. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    95?
  10. The whole is 7. One part is 2. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    7?2
  11. The whole is 8. One part is 2. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    82?
  12. The whole is 8. One part is 3. What is the other part? (A number bond: the two parts make the whole.)
    8?3
Key
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 3
  5. 3
  6. 3
  7. 4
  8. 8
  9. 4
  10. 5
  11. 6
  12. 5

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