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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 4 of 8

Make 5 and 10

Fill frames to 5 and 10

What your child practises

Using 5 and 10 as anchors (fingers, five and ten frames), finding how many more make 5 or 10, and breaking numbers into two parts.

Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: KN1.1, KN2.1 · putting numbers together and taking them apart within 10

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practise.

  1. A ten frame has 10 boxes.
  2. Fill boxes to show a number.
  3. The empty boxes show what is missing.

Example: Show 7 on a ten frame. How many more make 10? Fill 7 boxes. 3 boxes are empty. Answer: 3

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    How many dots in all?

    • 10
    • 8
    • 7
    Show answer

    8

    Hint: The red row is 5. Start at 5 and count on the blue dots!

  2. Question 2

    How many more to make 5?

    🔴⚪⚪⚪⚪
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5
    Show answer

    4

    Hint: Count the empty ⚪ spots. That's how many more you need!

  3. Question 3

    6 🐰 in all. How many are hiding?

    🐰🐰?
    • 3
    • 4
    • 6
    Show answer

    4

    Hint: You can see 2. Count on from 2 up to 6.

  4. Question 4

    10 🐸 in all. How many are hiding?

    🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸?
    • 5
    • 4
    • 7
    Show answer

    5

    Hint: You can see 5. Count on from 5 up to 10.

  5. Question 5

    How many fingers are up?

    🖐️
    • 6
    • 3
    • 5
    Show answer

    5

    Hint: Touch and count each finger that is up.

  6. Question 6

    Which two make 5?

    5
    • 2 and 5
    • 2 and 3
    • 3 and 3
    Show answer

    2 and 3

    Hint: Hold up fingers for each number. Count them all. Do you get 5?

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