Step by step
The question
Question: what goes with 4 to make 10?
What goes with 4 to make 10?
In numbers: 4 plus what number is 10?
The box is the number we want.
4 + □ = 10
1 Show 4
A ten frame has 10 boxes.
2 Fill the empty boxes
How many boxes are empty?
We fill them with blue dots.
We count them.
3 Write the number
6 blue dots fill the frame.
So 4 and 6 make 10.
4 + 6 = 10
4 Check
We count all the dots.
We start at 4 and count on.
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Yes!
It works.
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Let's look back.
First: show 4.
Then: fill the empty boxes.
Then: write the number.
Last: check.
Answer
4 + 6 = 10