Adding and Subtracting with Ten

A Fun Journey with Numbers Using Hands-On Learning Making Ten Our Friend

What Makes Ten Special?

Ten is a 'friendly' number in math We have ten fingers to help us count Ten is easy to see and work with Ten helps us solve bigger problems

Building Groups of Ten

Addition Stories with Ten

{"left":"Sarah has 6 apples\nHer friend gives her 4 more apples\n6 + 4 = apples total","right":"Tom has 3 toy cars\nHe gets 7 more cars\n3 + 7 = cars altogether"}

Let's Think About Taking Away

If you start with 10 cookies and eat 3, how many are left? Use your counters to show this! What does 'taking away' mean?

Subtraction Practice

Start with 10 counters in your ten frame Take away different amounts Try: 10 - 2, 10 - 5, 10 - 7 Tell your partner what you did

Our Ten Frame Helper

Remember This!

Ten is our math friend that helps us add and subtract! We can make ten in many different ways Taking away from ten helps us learn subtraction