Bridging through ten
Eight tasks that cross the ten, each printed with the method beside it: split the second number, land on ten, finish the jump.
How to use it
A page of 8 + 5 = ___ tests whether a child already knows it. This sheet prints the working instead: the 5 is split into the 2 that reaches ten and the 3 left over, and the child fills in both. That is why the question is set large on the left and the three steps small on the right — the steps are scaffolding a child eventually stops needing, so they must not look like three more sums of equal weight. Page two runs the method backwards, because 13 − 5 uses the same split travelling the other way.
Every page in this pack
Adding across the ten
Subtracting across the ten
Printing notes
- Print at 100%, not "fit to page" — scaling shrinks the digits and the whole point is that your child writes them at a steady size.
- Black-and-white and draft mode are fine. Nothing on these sheets depends on colour.
- Slide a sheet into a punched pocket and a dry-wipe pen turns one page into a hundred goes.
The thinking behind it
When Do Kids Learn Addition and Subtraction? Ages & Stages — Read the full guide