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Step-by-step practice: Maths · Level 1Chapter 4 · Number bonds to 5
Step-by-step Maths Level 1 · Number bonds to 5 · Summary

Step-by-step Maths Level 1 Number bonds to 5: summary and key words

Part of the Step-by-step Maths Level 1 number bonds to 5 chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page

Chapter summary

SkillMethod
Parts and wholesThe two parts add up to the whole. Take the known part from the whole
Pairs that make 50+5, 1+4, 2+3 and their turns
Bonds as factsSay the two parts, then make, then the whole: 2 and 3 make 5
Missing numbersCount on from the known part to 5

Can you…?

  • I can see 5 as two smaller parts
  • I can list the pairs that make 5
  • I can find the missing part when one part is known
  • I can say a bond to 5 as a fact
  • I can find the missing number in a sum that makes 5

Key terms

whole
the number made when the parts are put together
part
one of the smaller numbers that make the whole
number bond
two parts that make a whole, such as 2 and 3 make 5
fact
a statement that is true, such as 2 and 3 make 5

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