Ten Frame — 9 (Nine) — free printable diagram

What 9 looks like on a ten frame

This ten frame shows 9 (nine). 9 counters are in place and 1 square is still empty, out of 10 altogether.

Number shown

9

In words

nine

Counters in the frame

9

Empty squares left

1

Frames

1 ten frame — 10 squares in total

Each frame

2 rows of 5

Number bond to 10

9 + 1 = 10

Odd or even

Odd

Row by row

5 counters on the top row, 4 counters 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, 9 can be read as 5 + 4 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 9 and 1. 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.