Infants 1 Maths

Putting Together: Adding within 10 – Infants 1 Maths

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When we put two groups together, we add. Today we will join groups, count them all and tell number stories.

Three starling birds sitting on a wire
Three birds on a wire. If two more birds come, how many birds will there be altogether? Photo: Craig Sunter, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Join and count

Here are 3 mangoes and 2 mangoes. Put them together. Count them all: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

🥭🥭🥭 and 🥭🥭

There are 5 mangoes altogether.

Say the number story

We can say it in words: 3 add 2 equals 5. We can also say: 3 and 2 make 5.

When more things join, the group gets bigger.

Act it out

Four children are playing. Two more children come to play. How many children are playing now?

🧒👧🧒👧 and 👦👧

Act it out, use toys, or draw a picture. Then count them all. 4 add 2 equals 6.

Try it

TRY ITPut them together

Pick a game. Then tap your answer.

Let’s practise

Point, say or draw. Use toys if you like. Open each answer after trying.

1. 🍌🍌 and 🍌🍌🍌
How many bananas altogether?

Show answer

Five. 2 add 3 equals 5.

2. Ana has 4 marbles. Kofi gives her 3 more. How many marbles does Ana have now?

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Seven. 4 add 3 equals 7.

3. In our pretend shop, a toffee costs 2 cents. In our pretend shop, a sweet costs 5 cents. How many cents do you spend altogether?

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7 cents. 2 cents add 5 cents equals 7 cents.

4. Which number story matches 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔 and 🐔?
(a) 5 add 1 equals 6
(b) 4 add 1 equals 5
(c) 5 add 2 equals 7

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(a) 5 add 1 equals 6.

Quick check

Try these three on your own first. An adult may read the words.

1. Two mangoes and three mangoes. How many altogether?

  • Four
  • Five
  • Six
Show answer

Five. Count both groups: two add three equals five.

2. Four birds are joined by two more. How many now?

  • Two
  • Five
  • Six
Show answer

Six. Four add two equals six.

3. Two cents and five cents. How much altogether?

  • Three cents
  • Seven cents
  • Ten cents
Show answer

Seven cents. Two cents add five cents equals seven cents.

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Maths lesson 9: Putting Together: Adding within 10 — worksheet

Point, draw or tell an adult. Use real objects first.

  1. Draw two circles. Draw three more. Count them altogether.
  2. Draw four toys in one group and two in another. Join and count.
  3. Draw a pretend two-cent price and a five-cent price. Say the total in words.

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Maths words

Say these words with an adult. Can you use each one in a sentence?

add · join · altogether · and · make · equals · number story

Try it at home

  • Put 3 spoons and 2 forks on the table. Count them all together.
  • Tell a number story at lunch: “You have 2 slices of bread. I give you 1 more. How many now?”
  • Draw a picture of a number story, then say it in words: “4 add 2 equals 6.”

For parents and teachers

After this lesson, your child should be able to:

  • join two groups with a total up to ten and count all the objects
  • tell one joining story in words using add and altogether
  • solve one pretend-money joining story with counters

At this level we say and write adding stories in words only. The symbols for add and equals come later, in Infants 2.

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2026/11/11
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2026/11/08
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2026/11/03
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Attributions to media used in this post:

3 birds on a wire ! (6810543956).jpg – Craig Sunter from Manchester, UK – CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons; image resized only)

© 2026 Vedesh Kungebeharry. All rights reserved.

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