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Making 10: Counters and Empty Spaces

  • Grade 1
  • Mathematics
  • 1 min
  • British Columbia
  • BC1-MA-05

Red counters go into a ten frame one at a time and are counted to 7, then the 3 empty spaces are counted, and counting on from 7 to 10 shows that 7 and 3 make 10. One counter is then taken out, which leaves 6 counters and 4 empty spaces, and counting on to 10 again shows that counters and empty spaces always make 10.

Concept: Making 10: pairs of numbers that add to ten

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The question this lesson answers

Let's find two numbers that make 10.

This ten frame has 10 spaces.

Transcript

What the lesson says

Let's find two numbers that make 10.

This ten frame has 10 spaces.

Put in red counters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

So there are 7 red counters.

Now count the empty spaces: 1, 2, 3.

So there are 3 empty spaces.

Count on from 7: 8, 9, 10.

So 7 and 3 make 10 together.

Now take 1 red counter out.

That leaves 6 counters and 4 empty spaces.

Count on from 6: 7, 8, 9, 10.

So 6 and 4 make 10 too.

Counters and empty spaces always make 10.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 1

Mathematics, Number: ways to make 10BC1-MA-05

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The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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