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Number Bonds: Year 1 maths

This topic introduces pairs of numbers that combine to make key benchmark values like 5, 10, and 20. Worksheets give pupils structured drill and pictorial support to develop instant recall of basic additive facts.

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What this covers

Number Bonds is taught in Year 1 (age 5 to 6, KS1) as a main teaching focus. It sits in the Number strand.

Worked example

Find the missing number to complete the bond to 10: 7 + __ = 10

  1. Start at 7 and count on to 10: 8, 9, 10.
  2. Three counts were needed.
  3. Check: 7 + 3 = 10.

Answer: 3

Difficulty scale

The sheet generator offers five difficulty settings for this topic.

  1. Pairs summing to 5 using visual tens frames
  2. Pairs summing to 10 with partial visual support
  3. Pure symbolic pairs summing to 10
  4. Pairs summing to 20 involving multiples of 5 or ten plus ones
  5. Arbitrary pairs summing to 20 with missing addends in any position

Common mistakes

  • Subtracting the given addend from the wrong base (e.g., thinking 10 - 4 is 5)
  • Confusing the part and the whole in bar or part-whole models

Curriculum links

Indicative matches to National Curriculum for England. Check wording and codes against the official document.

  • Represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20.

Sample sheet and answers

Six questions at the level's usual difficulty. Open the editor to change, add or regenerate any of them.

Number Bonds

Year 1 maths

Qs
6
Marks
6
NameDateScore / 6
1.
5 + = 5
[1]
2.
0 + = 5
[1]
3.
3 + = 5
[1]
4.
5 + = 5
[1]
5.
2 + = 5
[1]
6.
5 + = 5
[1]

Answer key

  1. 05 − 5 = 0
  2. 55 − 0 = 5
  3. 25 − 3 = 2
  4. 05 − 5 = 0
  5. 35 − 2 = 3
  6. 05 − 5 = 0