Are your students practising addition facts to 10 and 20? Our Sorting Jelly Bean Facts: Addition to 10 & 20 Worksheets are just what you need! These colourful and engaging worksheets are perfect for helping students consolidate their understanding of number facts in a hands-on and visual way.

Each worksheet challenges students to sort jelly bean addition facts into the correct categories. By cutting, sorting and pasting, students identify which facts add to 10, which add to 20, and which do not. One worksheet offers space for students to write their own facts, giving them the opportunity to generate addition facts independently. This interactive sorting task helps reinforce number bonds and promotes mathematical reasoning as students justify their choices.

Whether you use them as part of a numeracy rotation, as an independent activity, or to support small group intervention, these worksheets offer a practical and low-prep way to build fluency in early addition. With visual appeal and student choice built in, they’re sure to bring a pop of colour and fun to your maths block!

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and recall addition facts to 10 and 20
• ✅ Sort and classify addition problems based on number bonds
• ✅ Apply mathematical reasoning to justify categorisation
• ✅ Create and record addition facts independently
• ✅ Strengthen fine motor skills through cutting and pasting

What’s Included:

• 1 worksheet sorting facts that add to 10 vs not 10
• 1 worksheet sorting facts that add to 20 vs not 20
• 1 worksheet to create and write your own facts to 10 or 20
• Jelly bean themed layout for visual engagement

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets (A4)
• Scissors and glue sticks
• Pencils or markers for writing and colouring
• Optional: ten frames, counters or number lines for support

How to Use:

1. Choose the appropriate worksheet based on the number range being practised.
2. Students cut out the jelly bean addition facts and sort them into the correct columns.
3. Glue each jelly bean in the correct section: “adds to 10,” “adds to 20,” or “not 10/20.”
4. On the create-your-own version, students write their own number facts in the blank jelly beans.
5. Support students with manipulatives if needed to help solve and visualise each equation.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a maths rotation activity focused on fact fluency.
• 💡 Set up as an early finisher task with scissors and glue ready to go.
• 💡 Display finished jelly bean sheets as a fun addition facts bulletin board.
• 💡 Pair students to discuss and check each other’s sorting decisions.
• 💡 Send the “write your own” version home for homework practise.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Provide coloured jelly beans (real or printed) to use manipulatively before gluing.
• 💛 Encourage students to explain their sorting using sentence starters like “I know this is 10 because…”
• 💛 Laminate blank jelly bean templates to use with whiteboard markers again and again.

Sorting Jelly Bean Facts: Addition to 10 & 20 Worksheets offer a playful and meaningful way for your students to strengthen number bonds and practise essential addition facts in a low-prep, highly engaging format.