Understanding 10 Frames

What is the primary purpose of a 10 frame?

• To teach multiplication

• To organize numbers in a sequence

• To quickly identify the number of filled and empty blocks

• To display fractions

If a 10 frame has one empty block in a row, how many chips are in that row?

• Two

• Five

• Three

• Four

How can you determine there are seven chips in a 10 frame?

• By seeing that the frame is full

• By recognizing that three chips are missing

• By counting each chip individually

• By knowing that two rows are full

What does it mean if there is only one empty block in a 10 frame?

• There are seven chips

• There are nine chips

• There are eight chips

• The frame is half full

Which arithmetic operation helps to determine the number of chips when one is missing from a full 10 frame?

• Subtraction

• Division

• Addition

• Multiplication