Make a Ten to Add - Addition Strategy Worksheets

Decompose an addend to make a ten when adding two single-digit numbers

Complete a ten frame and write the matching addition equation

Identify which two of three given numbers combine to make ten

Find the missing addend that completes an equation equal to ten

Introduce with the ten-frame pages first, since the dot visual supports the more abstract make-a-ten equations that follow.

Since there is no answer key, review answers as a class or prepare a key in advance before assigning independently.

Use the final missing-addend-to-10 pages as a quick daily warm-up to build the automatic ten-combinations the make-a-ten strategy depends on.

Make-a-ten addition strategy — students decompose one addend to complete a ten before adding the remainder, e.g. 8 + 6 becomes 10 + 4.

Ten-frame representation — students complete dot ten frames and translate the visual into a written equation.

Three-addend combinations — students circle two numbers from a set of three that combine to make ten before solving the full sum.