Tally Marks to 10

About this worksheet

“Tally Marks to 10” is sheet 29 of 29 in our free Kindergarten Math Worksheets collection, written for children aged 5–6. It focuses on tally marks.

It is the last sheet in the set and follows “Taller or Shorter?”, so it works well as a check once the earlier sheets feel easy.

What this worksheet practices

• K.CC.B.5 · Common Core Math · Kindergarten

  Counting & Cardinality

  Children work on knowing the number names and the counting sequence, counting to tell how many objects there are, and comparing numbers.

How to use this worksheet

1. 1

   Do "Make 10" before any addition sheet, not after. Number bonds to ten are what make first-grade addition fast, and children who learn them late end up counting on fingers for another year.

2. 2

   For "Adding with Pictures", cover the answer box and ask your child to say the whole sentence out loud — "three and two make five". Saying it is what moves it into memory.

3. 3

   Print "Counting by Tens" twice. It is the one sheet on this list worth repeating, because skip counting is the foundation of place value in 1st grade.

4. 4

   Let them use physical objects. Buttons or pasta next to the sheet is not cheating at this age; the picture on the page is a stand-in for objects, and the objects work better.

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  Count and Write: 11 to 20

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  Number Bonds to 6

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  Subtraction Stories

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  Compare Numbers to 10

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  Measure with Paper Clips

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  3D Shapes Around Us

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  Add to 10 with Ten Frames

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  Count by Fives