Decomposing a Ten Frame Activity
Ten frame addition practice on making 10: students match ten-frame cards to equations from 9+1 to 0+10, then colour ten frames to show each fact.

- Year groups
- Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Years 1–3 (Key Stages 1–2)
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Subtraction, Addition, Addition and Subtraction, Numbers, Maths
- Topic
- Statistics
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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About this resource
This activity is great for helping students understand how to decompose numbers to make 10. It is also a great way for students to practise their addition skills. This activity can be used in a small group or as a whole class.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Decompose 10 into pairs of addends
Represent an addition fact on a ten frame
Teaching tips
The worksheet calls for blue and green crayons, one colour for each addend.
Skills covered
Card matching — pairing each ten-frame picture with its equation
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Core concepts
Ten frames
Making 10
Decomposing numbers
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