Support your students in building fluency with number bonds to ten with the Treasured Tens Friends of Ten Worksheet! Mastering Friends of Ten is a key skill for young learners, helping to build efficiency, confidence, and flexibility in mental maths - and providing an essential foundation for success across all mathematical operations in primary school.

In this fun and interactive worksheet, students take on the role of treasure hunters! They are asked to carefully examine each treasure item and colour in only those that represent a Friends of Ten sum. Sums that do not equal ten are left blank. This task encourages careful thinking, number sense, and accuracy while providing a playful way to practise and reinforce number bonds to ten.

The Treasured Tens Friends of Ten Worksheet is part of our comprehensive Friends of Ten Worksheet Package and offers an exciting twist on fluency practise. You can also pair it with our Friends of Ten Apple Picking, Friends of Ten Puppet Show, Friends of Ten Shop with Mr Bog, and Friends of Ten Race to the Sky interactive games to create a well-rounded fluency program.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Develop fluency with number combinations that total ten
• ✅ Build mental maths accuracy and efficiency
• ✅ Strengthen number sense and understanding of number bonds
• ✅ Promote careful checking and attention to detail
• ✅ Provide a strong foundation for future mathematical learning

What’s Included:

• Treasured Tens Friends of Ten worksheet activity
• Task involves:
  • - Identifying Friends of Ten sums among a collection of treasure items
  • - Colouring in only the sums that equal ten
• Part of our Friends of Ten Worksheet Package

Materials Needed:

• Printed Treasured Tens worksheet
• Coloured pencils or crayons
• Pencils and erasers for working out tricky sums if needed
• Optional: counters or tens frames to provide concrete support

How to Use:

1. Print the worksheet and distribute to students individually or in small groups.
2. Review Friends of Ten facts with the class to prepare students for the task.
3. Model how to scan each treasure item, check the sum, and decide whether it equals ten.
4. Students complete the activity, carefully colouring in only the correct Friends of Ten sums.
5. Follow up with class discussion or extension games to reinforce learning.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as an independent task to consolidate fluency after explicit teaching of number bonds to ten.
• 💡 Include in Maths rotations as a fun and engaging fluency station.
• 💡 Pair with hands-on manipulatives to support students who benefit from concrete practise first.
• 💡 Display completed worksheets on a Friends of Ten learning wall for student reference.
• 💡 Pair with interactive games such as Apple Picking and Race to the Sky for additional fluency practise.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Encourage students to double-check their work before colouring to build accuracy and attention to detail.
• 💛 Use tens frames or counters alongside the worksheet to support students who need a visual scaffold.
• 💛 Differentiate by allowing students to check sums mentally or write working out on the back of their page.
• 💛 Combine with our Friends of Ten Task Card Package to provide varied opportunities for fluency practise.
• 💛 Celebrate success by adding completed Treasured Tens worksheets to a class display or learning portfolio.

The Treasured Tens Friends of Ten Worksheet offers a fun and interactive way to build fluency with number bonds to ten - helping your students develop the accuracy, speed, and confidence they need for future success in Maths!