Ten Frame — 13 (Thirteen) — free printable diagram

What 13 looks like on two ten frames

These two stacked ten frames show 13 (thirteen). 13 counters are in place and 7 squares are still empty, out of 20 altogether.

Number shown

13

In words

thirteen

Counters in the frames

13

Empty squares left

7

Frames

2 ten frames — 20 squares in total

Each frame

2 rows of 5

Number bond to 20

13 + 7 = 20

Odd or even

Odd

Tens and ones

1 ten and 3 ones

Frame by frame

10 + 3 = 13

• A ten frame is a 2 × 5 grid, so it holds exactly 10 counters. Filling it left to right along the top row first is what lets children recognise a quantity at a glance instead of counting one by one — that is subitising, and it is the whole point of the arrangement.
• Two stacked ten frames hold 20 counters. The top frame is filled first, so once it is complete every number from 10 to 20 can be read as "ten and some more" — here 13 is 10 + 3. That is place value made visible before the written notation is introduced.
• There are 7 empty squares left, so 13 + 7 = 20.