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Reception Maths · ReceptionChapter 4 · Making and splitting numbers
Reception Maths · Making and splitting numbers · Summary

Reception Maths Making and splitting numbers: summary and key words

Part of the Reception Maths making and splitting numbers chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page

Chapter summary

SkillMethod
Parts and wholesThe parts put together make the whole.
Bonds to 5The pairs that make 5: 0 and 5, 1 and 4, 2 and 3, and turned round.
Bonds to 10Pairs that make 10, such as 3 and 7, and 5 and 5.
DoublesA double is a number added to itself: 4 + 4 = 8.
Missing partsCount on from the known part until you reach the whole.

Can you…?

  • I can say a number as two parts that make it
  • I can find the pairs that make 5 and the pairs that make 10
  • I can find a missing part when I know the whole and one part
  • I can say the double of a number up to 5
  • I can use fingers, ten frames and cubes to show number bonds

Key terms

whole
all of the things together
part
one of the groups that makes the whole
number bond
a pair of numbers that make a whole
double
a number added to itself
missing part
the number that completes the whole

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