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Number bonds
Bonds to 5, 10 and 20, with the missing number in a different place each time. Answer key included.
The step before addition — this is what stops finger counting.
A printed sample from this page(tap to enlarge) Number bonds Print a name and date on it (optional)Leave it empty and the lines stay blank to write on. Teachers: put the class name in once and every copy in the batch has it.
How many sheets Sheet #1
In the print dialog, set margins to none and turn on background graphics — then it prints exactly as shown.
What this sheet helps with
- Ages
- Ages 4–7
- What it builds
- That 10 is 6 and 4 — the relationship, not a procedure. Getting this makes regrouping much easier later.
- · If they start finger counting, put ten counters on the table. Seeing it is what makes it click.
- · The blank moves around on purpose. A child who only knows "take the part from the whole" will stall — that's the useful signal.
What comes nextMath drillsOnce bonds click, move to the drills.→