Make 10 Missing Addend Worksheets for Kindergarten
Connect a missing-addend equation to a model of ten.
Teaching notes for parents and teachers
How to teach it
Build the known part, then add counters until there are ten. Match the newly added group to the blank.
Example to work through together
Use the model below as you explain the example. Have your student point to the quantities as you discuss them.
Keep the eight counters together. Add one counter and say “nine.” Add one more and say “ten.” Two counters were added, so 8 + 2 = 10.
The 10 is already the total. The box asks for the missing part. To check, count all eight original counters and the two new counters together.
Ask your student
What number makes this equation true?
If your student needs help
If the student adds the printed numbers, point to ten as the total already given.
Make a practice set
Select the worksheet, answer key, or both. When both are selected, the answer key prints after the questions. Keep it separate if you want your student to work independently.
After your student finishes
Read each completed equation aloud. Count both parts to check that they make 10. The missing number tells how many were added.
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Kindergarten selected skill connection: K.OA.A.4 supporting practice: record the missing partner of 10 for any given addend 1–9, using drawings or counters to explain. See the Common Core standards for this grade. This worksheet does not cover every requirement in the standard.