Make Ten Addition and Subtraction Worksheet

Make-ten facts can feel slippery at first, especially when kids are still checking every dot one by one. This printable gives your first grader a calm, focused page with ten frames for three combinations: 6 and 4, 1 and 9, and 9 and 1. They look at the filled spaces, count the parts, and use the writing fields to record how the parts make 10.

This page is a good fit when a child can count to 10 and is starting to see numbers as parts of a whole. You do not need to rush the writing. Sit beside them, point to one group, then the other, and say the fact out loud together: “Six and four make ten.” For another way to show the same target number, try the make ten number bonds worksheet, which helps kids see the two parts in a different layout.

The practice works because the total stays the same each time. That lets your child focus on the changing partners that make 10 instead of juggling too many new facts at once. The 1 and 9, then 9 and 1 examples also give a simple look at order in addition. The parts switch places, but the total is still 10.

If your child gets stuck, cover one part of the ten frame and ask, “How many do we see? How many more would fill the frame?” Keep the session short, and let them check by counting when they need to. As a next step, the little math stories addition and subtraction worksheet gives these part-whole ideas a story setting, which can make the numbers feel more concrete.