Make Ten Number Bonds Worksheet

Six-year-olds often know the counting words, but ten partners can still feel slippery. This one-page printable gives four number-bond models for making ten: 6 and 4, 8 and 2, 2 and 8, and 1 and 9. Kids read each model, write in the fields, and say the completed ten fact out loud.

This page fits a kindergartner who can count to 10 and is ready to connect parts with a whole. The number-bond layout keeps the focus small and clear, so the work is not a long page of mixed problems. If your child is ready to see addition and subtraction in a story setting next, the little math stories addition and subtraction worksheet gives those operations a gentle context.

Number bonds show that 10 can be made from two parts. Your child can point to the whole, point to each part, and then read the fact as a complete sentence, such as “6 and 4 make 10.” Seeing 8 and 2 beside 2 and 8 also gives a quiet chance to notice that the parts can switch places and still make the same total. For another round with the same idea, try the make ten number bonds worksheet, which keeps the format familiar while adding more practice.

Sit close and do the first bond together if the page feels slow at the start. Use fingers, pennies, cereal pieces, or small blocks to build each pair and check that the total is 10 before writing. When the page is done, cover one part of a bond and ask, “What number is hiding?” That quick off-screen follow-up turns the printed work into a simple math conversation.