Make Ten Number Bonds Worksheet

Six-year-olds often know the counting words, but number pairs can still feel slippery. This one-page kindergarten math worksheet keeps the job small: look at four number bonds, read the parts, and write with the idea that each pair makes 10. The exact pairs shown are 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 5 and 5, and 9 and 1.

This page is a good fit when a child can recognize numerals to 10 and is beginning to connect two parts with one total. Sit side by side and say each bond out loud: “One and nine make ten.” If the writing slows things down, let the math talk come first, then have the child fill the writing fields after the idea is clear.

The practice works by making the same total appear again and again. Children see that 10 can be split into different parts, and that the order can change with 1 and 9 or 9 and 1 while the total stays the same. If your child needs a more visual warm-up before number bonds, try the make ten ten frames worksheet, since ten frames make the missing space easier to see.

Keep the pace gentle. Point to one part, point to the other part, then point to the total and ask, “How do these fit together?” For a next step, use the little math stories addition and subtraction worksheet to connect these make ten facts to short story problems after the number bonds feel familiar.