Adding to Make 10 Activity
Making-10 matching cards: students pair each equation card, such as 9 + ? = 10, with the answer card showing the missing addend, then fill in the blanks on a follow-up worksheet.

- Year levels
- Pre-school (Early Years), Foundation–Year 2
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Subtraction, Addition, Addition and Subtraction, Numbers, Maths
- Topic
- Statistics
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9M1N04 — add and subtract numbers within 20, using physical and virtual materials, part-part-whole…
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This activity is great for helping students understand how to make 10 using addition. By matching the equation cards with the missing addend cards, students will be able to see different ways that equations can be made to equal 10. This is a great activity for small groups or maths centres.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Find the missing addend that makes 10
Recognise pairs of numbers that combine to 10
Skills covered
Making 10 — matching each equation card to its missing addend
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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9M1N04 — add and subtract numbers within 20, using physical and virtual materials, part-part-whole knowledge to 10 and a variety of calculation strategies
Core concepts
Making 10
Missing addend
Number bonds
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