Number Bonds to Ten: Find the Partners
Connect pairs that make ten in seven groups of numbers, starting with a worked 6 + 4 example.

- Year groups
- Years 1–2 (Key Stage 1)
- Pages
- 1
- File type
- Subject
- Addition, Addition and Subtraction, Numbers, Maths
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Addition and subtraction
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About this resource
Find partners that make ten in seven groups of number choices. Students draw a line between two numbers in each group, following the worked 6 + 4 example.
This one-page PDF can be paired with counters so students can build and check a combination before connecting it.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify two numbers that combine to make ten
- Build recall of complements within ten
- Represent number partnerships with drawn connections
Teaching tips
- Use ten counters to check an uncertain pair before drawing its line.
- List the completed pairs afterward and notice how one addend rises as the other falls.
Skills covered
- Number-bond reasoning — identify the missing partner that brings each number to ten.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Addition and subtraction — represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20
Core concepts
- Partners to 10
- Number bonds
- Addition pairs
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