Ten-Tally Adventure

Worksheet Description

This worksheet is a colorful and interactive activity designed to help students practice the concept of addition by making the sum of ten. It features three rows, each with a different set of symbols—paws, triangles, and stars—inside a series of boxes. Students are asked to determine how many additional symbols are needed to reach a total of ten within each row. The exercise provides an engaging way for children to visually represent and solve addition problems.

The aim of this worksheet is to strengthen students’ ability to complete addition problems by finding the number needed to reach ten. It teaches the concept of ‘making ten’, which is a key building block for understanding place value and the decimal system. By counting and drawing the missing symbols, students enhance their counting skills and develop an intuitive sense for complements of ten. This worksheet not only helps with immediate mathematical understanding but also sets the stage for more complex addition and subtraction problems in the future.