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Bonds to ten

You learn which pairs of numbers make ten, so you know them straight away.

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How to work it out

  1. Hold up fingers for the number.
  2. Count the fingers still down.
  3. Learn the two numbers as a fixed pair.

7 + _ = 10

  1. Hold up 7 fingers.
  2. Count the fingers that are still down: 3.
  3. So 7 + 3 = 10.
More examples

4 + _ = 10

  1. Hold up 4 fingers.
  2. Count the fingers that are still down: 6.
  3. So 4 + 6 = 10.

9 + _ = 10

  1. Hold up 9 fingers.
  2. There is 1 finger still down.
  3. So 9 + 1 = 10.

5 + _ = 10

  1. Hold up 5 fingers.
  2. There are 5 fingers still down.
  3. So 5 + 5 = 10.