Make Ten Number Bonds Worksheet

Six-year-olds often know the counting sequence, then stall when a missing part or matching part shows up. This one-page make ten worksheet keeps the task small and clear. Children look at number bond models with writing fields for the pairs three and seven, seven and three, eight and two, and one and nine, all making a total of ten.

This page fits a first grader who is ready to connect two parts with one whole. If the child can count objects to ten and write most numbers from one to ten, this is a good next step. The number bond layout gives a visual place for each part, so the work feels more like filling a model than guessing an answer.

The practice is simple and useful: read the parts, notice the total of ten, and write the numbers in the fields. Seeing three and seven, then seven and three, helps children notice that the same two parts can trade places and still make ten. For more practice with the same idea, try this make ten number bonds worksheet, which gives another screen-free page for building fluency with ten.

Sit nearby and ask, “What part do you see?” and “What number makes ten with it?” If a child gets stuck, count up together with fingers or small counters, then return to the writing field. After this page, move into short story problems with the little math stories addition and subtraction worksheet, because it helps children use the same part-whole thinking in a simple word problem setting.