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Year 2: Number Bonds to 10 (Week 1)

5 daily worksheets — Part of Addition & Subtraction

About Year 2 Number Bonds to 10 Worksheets

Is your child ready to master number bonds to 10? These free Year 2 number bonds to 10 worksheets build a rock-solid foundation for all future maths. Knowing which pairs of numbers make 10 is one of the most important skills your child will learn — and these worksheets make practising fun and engaging.

Over five daily worksheets, your child will explore number bonds to 10 through addition, subtraction, near doubles, ten frames, and fact families. Starting with simple bonds and building up to reasoning challenges, your child will develop fluency with the number pairs that make 10. Every worksheet includes fluency practice, word problems, and reasoning questions.

What's Inside Each Day

1

Day 1

Bonds to 10 with addition — your child completes number bonds, rolls dice to add, and works with part-whole models to find missing numbers that make 10.

2

Day 2

Near doubles and double facts — children explore near doubles (like 4 + 5 = think 4 + 4 + 1) and practise double facts to build mental strategies.

3

Day 3

Subtraction within 10 — your child uses quick subtraction and number lines to subtract, and explores the link between addition and subtraction.

4

Day 4

Cross out to subtract — children use visual methods like crossing out shapes and objects to practise subtraction and complete part-whole models.

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Day 5

Mixed number bonds to 10 — ten frames, fact families, and mixed addition and subtraction problems bring the whole week together.

Skills Your Child Will Practise

  • Recalling number bonds to 10 quickly
  • Using near doubles as a mental strategy
  • Connecting addition and subtraction as inverse operations
  • Working with part-whole models
  • Using ten frames to visualise number bonds
  • Solving word problems involving bonds to 10

Top Tip for Parents

Number bonds to 10 are the building blocks of all mental maths! Practise at home with quick-fire questions: "What goes with 7 to make 10?" You can also use your fingers — hold up 6 and ask how many are hiding. The faster your child knows these facts, the easier everything else becomes.

All our Year 2 Number Bonds to 10 worksheets are completely free to download and print. Each worksheet is aligned to the UK national curriculum and includes fluency practice, word problems, and reasoning challenges — everything your child needs for a well-rounded KS1 maths practice session.

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