Numbers & Math · Grade 1 · Chapter 11: Tens and ones
This chapter brings together Tens and ones, Adding together, Taking away. It covers stops 121–132 in the Grade 1 learning path, with 60 activities. The examples below come from these stops.
60 activities

Drawing your adventure map…
Chapters
Chapter 1
Count the objects · Adding together · Taking away · Tens and ones · Counting in jumps · Numbers in order · Sharing fairly · Garden counting · Kindness together
Chapter 2
Little discoveries · Adding together · Taking away · Tens and ones · Counting in jumps · Numbers in order · Sharing fairly · Garden counting
Chapter 3
Numbers in order · Sharing fairly · Garden counting · Adding together · Taking away · Tens and ones · Counting in jumps
Chapter 4
Counting in jumps · Garden counting · Adding together · Taking away · Tens and ones
Chapter 5
Adding together · Taking away · Tens and ones · Counting in jumps · Garden counting
Chapter 6
Tens and ones · Counting in jumps · Garden counting · Adding together · Taking away
Chapter 7
Taking away · Tens and ones · Garden counting · Adding together
Chapter 8
Taking away · Tens and ones · Garden counting · Adding together
Chapter 9
Taking away · Tens and ones · Garden counting · Adding together
Chapter 10
Tens and ones · Adding together · Taking away
Chapter 11
Tens and ones · Adding together · Taking away
Chapter 12
Tens and ones · Adding together · Taking away
Chapter 13
Tens and ones
Skills to explore
- Tens and ones
- Adding together
- Taking away
Ages 6–7: compare, order and describe. Encourage your child to say what changed and how they found their answer.
Connect number symbols with groups of objects, compare quantities and explore arithmetic through picture-based activities.
Learning levels are starting points, not assessments. These activities supplement learning with a grown-up; they do not promise school readiness or replace a curriculum. Take breaks and choose a level that feels comfortable.
A look inside this chapter
Tens and ones
How many tens are in 72?
5 activitiesAdding together
We have 13 apples and find 1 more. How many altogether?
5 activitiesTaking away
There are 19 balls. We put 6 away. How many are left?
5 activitiesTens and ones
What number is 7 tens and 5 ones?
5 activitiesAdding together
We have 13 flowers and find 6 more. How many altogether?
5 activitiesTaking away
There are 19 leaves. We put 11 away. How many are left?
5 activitiesTens and ones
How many tens are in 77?
5 activitiesAdding together
We have 14 flowers and find 3 more. How many altogether?
5 activitiesTaking away
There are 19 shells. We put 16 away. How many are left?
5 activitiesTens and ones
What number is 8 tens and 0 ones?
5 activitiesAdding together
We have 15 birds and find 1 more. How many altogether?
5 activitiesTaking away
There are 20 birds. We put 1 away. How many are left?
5 activities

