Teen Numbers with Ten-Frames

Kindergarten MathNumbers in Base Ten3 pages

About this worksheet

Teen Numbers: Tens and Ones introduces kindergarten students to the structure behind 11 to 19, the territory of Common Core K.NBT.1. A callout at the top states the rule with the example 10 + 4 = 14. Students then draw lines matching 13, 15, 17, and 12 to descriptions like 1 ten and 3 ones. Ten-frame pictures follow, each showing a full frame of 10 dots plus 4, 6, 1, or 8 extras, with the teen total written in a box. Four equations close the sheet, mixing missing totals (10 + 9) with missing parts (10 + __ = 16).

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Curriculum objectives covered

K.NBT.1

“Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.”

Part 1 decomposes 13, 15, 17, and 12 into tens-and-ones language, Part 2 composes teen numbers from ten-frame drawings, and Part 3 records both directions as equations.

What's inside this worksheet

Part 1: Match the Number to Tens and Ones

A two-column table pairs the teen numbers 13, 15, 17, and 12 with scrambled descriptions such as 1 ten and 7 ones (10 + 7). Students draw a line from each number to its match.

Part 2: Ten Frames and Extra Ones

Four pictures each show a full ten-frame plus loose dots: 4, 6, 1, and 8 extras. Students count the ten and the ones, then write 14, 16, 11, or 18 in the box.

Part 3: Complete the Teen Equations

Students fill one blank per equation: the totals of 10 + 9 and 10 + 5, and the missing addends in 10 + __ = 16 and 10 + __ = 18.

How teachers use it

First teen-numbers lesson

Read the callout's rule together, then build 14 with real counters on a ten-frame before students touch Part 2. The pictures mirror that setup exactly.

Spotting the 10 + 1 trap

The frame with 1 extra dot is the diagnostic. Students who write 12 for 10 + 1 are pattern-matching teen sounds instead of counting the extra ones.

Two-direction check

Part 3 mixes finding the total with finding the part. Grade the two missing-addend items separately; they are harder and show who can decompose, not only compose.

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