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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 2 of 11

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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 0.3.5.7 · breaking numbers up to 10 into pairs in more than one way

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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 2 of 11 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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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 10?

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    • 9
    • 8
    • 7

  2. Question 2

    6 🐥 in all. How many are hiding?

    🐥🐥🐥?
    • 5
    • 3
    • 1

  3. Question 3

    How many dots in all?

    • 7
    • 5
    • 6

  4. Question 4

    Is this less than 5, just 5, or more than 5?

    • less than 5
    • just 5
    • more than 5

  5. Question 5

    Which two make 5?

    5
    • 1 and 3
    • 1 and 4
    • 1 and 2

  6. Question 6

    How many more to make 5?

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    • 3
    • 2
    • 4

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