Number bonds to 10
You learn the pairs that make 10: number bonds to 10.
How to work it out
- The whole at the top is 10.
- The two parts below must add up to exactly 10.
- Count on from the part you know.
A number bond has 10 at the top and 6 in the left part. What is the right part?
- The parts must add up to 10.
- 10 − 6 = 4.
- The right part is 4.