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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 2 of 10

Make 5 and 10

Fill frames to 5 and 10

What your child practices

Using 5 and 10 as anchors (fingers, five and ten frames), finding how many more make 5 or 10, and breaking numbers into two parts.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: K.OA.A.3; K.OA.A.4 · breaking numbers to 10 into pairs, and finding the number that makes 10

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A ten frame has 10 boxes.
  2. Fill boxes to show a number.
  3. The empty boxes show what is missing.

Example: Show 7 on a ten frame. How many more make 10? Fill 7 boxes. 3 boxes are empty. Answer: 3

Make 5 and 10 in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 2 of 10 in Kindergarten Math, after Count to 10 and before Add & Take Away.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Maine Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    How many more to make 5?

    🔴🔴⚪⚪⚪
    • 5
    • 3
    • 4

  2. Question 2

    How many fingers are up?

    ✌️✌️
    • 2
    • 6
    • 4

  3. Question 3

    How many more to make 10?

    🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴⚪⚪⚪
    • 3
    • 5
    • 2

  4. Question 4

    6 🐰 in all. How many are hiding?

    🐰🐰?
    • 4
    • 6
    • 5

  5. Question 5

    Which two make 10?

    10
    • 7 and 2
    • 8 and 1
    • 8 and 2

  6. Question 6

    8 🐞 in all. How many are hiding?

    🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞?
    • 3
    • 0
    • 1

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