Adding to ten

Adding to ten

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Complete the following equations that add to ten.

Question 1Change answer

a) + 5 = 10

b) 4 +  = 10

c) + 2 = 10

d) 3 +  = 10

e)  + 9 = 10

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).
While the task is focusing on basic facts, students may use strategies to work out their answer. This can then help to identify students' ability to use strategies for addition tasks.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Knowledge
Keywords: 
addition, tidy numbers, place value, whole numbers
Description of task: 
Students find and write the numbers to complete simple equations that add to 10.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Additive thinking, set 5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 

 

Y5 (05/05)

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

5
6
8
7
1

very easy
(for all 5 correct)

These results are based on a trial set of 149 Y5 students.

Diagnostic and formative information: 

Students could solve these equations in a number of ways - by counting on, counting back (Stage 4: Advanced counting - strategy, from The Number framework, book 1, 2004) or by simply recalling them as addition and subtraction facts (addition facts to 10 is at Stage 4: Advanced counting - knowledge).

Next steps: 

Once students are comfortable and confident with equations that total to ten and are calculating without materials or pictures, get them to solve similar problems that total to twenty. Give students problems similar to those in part b) but with two missing numbers.i.e., 4 +  +  = 10
Encourage students to explore the relationships between the numbers by getting them to find all the possible combinations of numbers that would correctly solve the problem (including  0).

For a similar level 2 ARB resource that includes adding to ten and adding to twenty refer to Ten and Twenty. 

For more information about basic facts, see the Basic facts concept map.