Chapter 4, Making 10, helps young learners find number pairs that add up to 10 — one of the most useful building blocks in early maths. These questions revisit those pairs.
Practice Questions
Q1. What number should be added to 6 to make 10?
4, since 6 + 4 = 10.
Q2. What number should be added to 3 to make 10?
7, since 3 + 7 = 10.
Q3. Show two different ways to make the number 10 using two numbers each.
5 + 5 = 10 and 8 + 2 = 10 are two examples.
Q4. If you have 9 stickers and want 10, how many more do you need?
1 more sticker.
Q5. Which pair makes 10: (6, 4) or (6, 5)?
(6, 4) makes 10, since 6 + 4 = 10; 6 + 5 = 11, not 10.
Why These Help
10 is the base of our whole number system, and knowing the pairs that make 10 lets children add and subtract larger numbers quickly once they move beyond single digits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Why is learning to “make 10” useful, even beyond this chapter?
Because knowing pairs that make 10 helps children add and subtract larger numbers quickly later on, since so much of arithmetic relies on building up to and breaking down groups of 10.
See the Chapter 4 Solutions and Revision Notes for the full walkthrough.
