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Numicon Number Exploration

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Numicon Number Exploration

Ana and Mere are packing fruit at an orchard. Use number shapes and number bonds to help them. Write your answers in the spaces.

Explore the number shapes

1.A Numicon number shape has one hole for each unit. How many holes would the 6-shape have?
  • 5 holes
  • 6 holes
  • 7 holes
2.Mere has a 4-shape and a 3-shape. How many holes are there altogether? Write the addition sentence.
3.Ana wants to fill a crate of 10 apples. Which two number shapes make 10?
  • 6 and 3
  • 5 and 5
  • 8 and 1

Break numbers apart

4.Complete the number bond: 8 = 5 + .
5.Find two different ways to split 6 into two smaller numbers. Write both addition sentences.
6.Mere puts together a 2-shape, a 5-shape and a mystery shape. The total is 10. What number is the mystery shape?
7.Tick every pair of numbers that makes 9: 4 and 5; 6 and 2; 7 and 2; 8 and 1.
  • 4 and 5
  • 6 and 2
  • 7 and 2
  • 8 and 1
8.True or false? Putting the 3-shape and the 4-shape together makes the same total as the 7-shape.
TrueFalse
9.Ana has 10 pears to pack in two baskets. Draw or write one way to split the pears between the baskets, then check that the total is still 10.

3 printable pages

  • Numicon Number Exploration, page 1 of 3: Explore the number shapes

    Page 1

  • Numicon Number Exploration, page 2 of 3: Break numbers apart

    Page 2

  • Numicon Number Exploration, page 3 of 3: 9. Ana has 10 pears to pack in two baskets. Draw or write one way to split the pears

    Page 3

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