Making 10 Matching

Kindergarten MathAddition and Subtraction3 pages

About this worksheet

Making 10 Matching drills number partners for 10 across three formats, serving the Common Core standards K.OA.1 through K.OA.4. Students first draw lines between number cards, matching 9 to 1, 4 to 6, 7 to 3, 2 to 8, and 5 to 5, with printed dot rows beside each numeral for counting support. Four fill-in sentences follow, such as 6 + __ = 10 and 8 + __ = 10. The sheet closes with two circle-the-partner questions, offering 2, 3, and 5 as candidates for 7, then 8, 7, and 6 as candidates for 2. An answer key covers all eleven items.

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Curriculum objectives covered

K.OA.1

Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

The dot rows printed on each Part 1 card let students represent every pair concretely before the numeral-only parts.

K.OA.2

Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.

All work stays within 10, and the dot cards serve as the objects the standard names.

K.OA.3

Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).

The five matches in Part 1 record five different pairs that compose 10, from 9 + 1 to the double 5 + 5.

K.OA.4

For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.

This is the sheet's core skill: questions 6 to 9 find the partner for 6, 3, 1, and 8, and questions 10 and 11 find partners for 7 and 2 among distractors.

What's inside this worksheet

Part 1: Draw a Line to Match

Five number cards on the left (9, 4, 7, 2, 5) connect to partners on the right (1, 6, 3, 8, 5). Each card shows its dots, so 9 appears beside nine printed dots for students who need to count.

Part 2: Complete the 10 Sentences

Students write the missing partner in four equations: 6 + __ = 10, 3 + __ = 10, 1 + __ = 10, and 8 + __ = 10.

Part 3: Find the Partner

Two multiple-choice questions. Question 10 asks which of 2, 3, or 5 goes with 7 to make 10; question 11 asks which of 8, 7, or 6 goes with 2.

How teachers use it

After ten-frame work

Hand this out once students have built partners on ten-frames. The printed dot rows in Part 1 are the bridge between frames and bare numerals.

The 5 + 5 moment

Match number 5 pairs with itself, which surprises students expecting a different partner. Pause there and name doubles as a legitimate way to make 10.

Homework

Everything needed is printed on the page, including the dots for counting support, so the sheet travels home without manipulatives.

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