Adding tenEvery fact that adds 10, and the shortcut that makes them automatic.1st GradeAdding ten: Keep the ones digit, raise the tens byone.n + 102 + 1012On a hundred chart you drop straight down one row.4 + 10146 + 10168 + 101810 + n gives the same answer as n + 10. Swapping the order neverchanges a sum.Adding tenlearnposters.com
Adding ten — printable math wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Adding ten poster

The rule, 4 worked examples.

10 + n gives the same answer as n + 10. Swapping the order never changes a sum.

Questions about the Adding ten poster

What’s on the Adding ten poster?
The rule, 4 worked examples. Adding ten: Keep the ones digit, raise the tens by one.; n + 10; 2 + 10 = 12; 4 + 10 = 14; 6 + 10 = 16; 8 + 10 = 18. 10 + n gives the same answer as n + 10. Swapping the order never changes a sum.
Who is the Adding ten poster for?
Adding ten is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Adding ten poster?
Cover the answers and go down the list. Ten seconds, once a day. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Adding ten belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Adding ten?
Adding zero, Adding one and Adding two sit alongside Adding ten in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adding zeroAdding oneAdding two
Is the Adding ten poster free to download and print?
Yes. Adding ten downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Adding ten poster print at?
Adding ten is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Adding ten loses nothing.Printing guide

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