Ten Frame — 6 (Six) — free printable diagram

What 6 looks like on a ten frame

This ten frame shows 6 (six). 6 counters are in place and 4 squares are still empty, out of 10 altogether.

Number shown

6

In words

six

Counters in the frame

6

Empty squares left

4

Frames

1 ten frame — 10 squares in total

Each frame

2 rows of 5

Number bond to 10

6 + 4 = 10

Odd or even

Even

Row by row

5 counters on the top row, 1 counter on the bottom

• 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.
• Because the top row of five is full, 6 can be read as 5 + 1 without recounting. Seeing numbers as "five and some more" is the step that makes mental addition to ten quick.
• The pair that makes ten here is 6 and 4. 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.