Ten Frame — 0 (Zero) — free printable diagram

What 0 looks like on a ten frame

This ten frame shows 0 (zero). 0 counters are in place and 10 squares are still empty, out of 10 altogether.

Number shown

0

In words

zero

Counters in the frame

0

Empty squares left

10

Frames

1 ten frame — 10 squares in total

Each frame

2 rows of 5

Number bond to 10

0 + 10 = 10

Odd or even

Even

Row by row

No counters yet — both rows are empty

• 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.
• With 0 counters the top row is not yet full, so 0 is read directly off the one row — and the 10 empty squares show at a glance how many more are needed to make 10.
• The pair that makes ten here is 0 and 10. The complete set of number bonds to ten is 0 + 10, 1 + 9, 2 + 8, 3 + 7, 4 + 6 and 5 + 5, and their reverses.