Making 10: Class 1 Maths · Chapter 4

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Printable worksheet: Making 10

9 exercises (counting, tracing, circling, matching, missing numbers, drawing) to print on A4 in black and white, with the answer key on the last page. Do them after the lesson.

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Lesson text (for parents and teachers)

Every scene's words in order, as Tara reads them after Start: for reading along, or for a child who cannot hear the narration.

Hello, Harleen!
This is Harleen. She lives in a village in Punjab.
Let us count with her, from 0 all the way to 20!
Tara: Hello! I am Tara. Let us count and make 10!
Marbles!
Harleen and Jassi play marbles.
Look quickly at each ring. Can you see how many?
Tara: 3, 4 and 5! Some numbers we can see in a flash.
Quick looks
Now look at these marbles.
Activity: Look at each group of marbles. Join it to its number.
Here comes the goat!
Harleen puts 4 carrots on a plate.
Oh no! The goat eats them, one by one.
Tara: Count down with me: 4, 3, 2, 1…
Zero carrots
Now there are 0 carrots. The plate is empty.
0 means none at all.
Activity: Zero is round, like the plate. Trace the 0 below with your finger.
Count back
Count back with Harleen, all the way to zero.
Activity: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… what comes next?
Ten carrots
Harleen lays 9 carrots on a cloth. Dadi brings 1 more.
1 more than 9 is 10!
Tara: Ten! That is as many as your fingers.
Fill the frame
This frame has 10 boxes, in 2 rows of 5.
Activity: Harleen puts a carrot in each box. How many carrots? Tap each one.
The egg tray
Jassi puts eggs in Dadi's tray. The tray holds 10.
Activity: How many more eggs will fill the tray? Tap the number.
Five bangles
Harleen has 5 bangles. 2 are on this arm.
Her other arm is behind her back!
Activity: How many bangles are on the arm behind her back?
Ten marbles
Jassi rolls 10 marbles. 6 stop inside the ring.
4 roll outside. 6 and 4 make 10.
Tara: What other pairs make 10? Let us find out!
Make 10
Two groups together can make 10.
Activity: Join two groups that make 10 together.
A bunch of ten
Dadi ties 10 carrots in a bunch. 3 carrots are loose.
10 and 3 make 13, thirteen!
Tara: Say 10 for the bunch, then count on: 11, 12, 13!
Ten and more
10 and 6 means a bunch of 10 and 6 more.
Activity: Match each card to its number. Tap a card to hear it.
On to 20
Count on with Harleen.
Activity: 16, 17, 18, 19… what comes next?
Two towers
Harleen and Jassi build towers with the same blocks.
Harleen uses 12 blocks. Jassi uses 15.
Activity: Which side has fewer blocks? Tap it.
The biggest number
Dadi has a game. Find the biggest number!
Activity: Which number is the biggest? Tap it.
Bye-bye!
You made 10 in many ways.
You counted from 0 all the way to 20!
Tara: Super counting! Bye-bye, see you soon!

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Ch 4: Making 10

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Published 10 Oct 2026 · Updated 10 Oct 2026 · All chapters of Joyful Mathematics · Official NCERT chapter PDF ↗

Chapters in Joyful Mathematics

Chapter 1: Finding the Furry Cat!
Chapter 2: What is Long? What is Round?
Chapter 3: Mango Treat
Chapter 4: Making 10
Chapter 5: How Many?
Chapter 6: Vegetable Farm
Chapter 7: Lina’s Family
Chapter 8: Fun with Numbers
Chapter 9: Utsav
Chapter 10: How do I Spend my Day?
Chapter 11: How Many Times?
Chapter 12: How Much Can We Spend?
Chapter 13: So Many Toys

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