Discover our "Understanding Tens" math worksheets, tailored for children aged 3-9. Foster your child’s early math skills with engaging activities that simplify the concept of place values and number grouping. Our expertly designed worksheets help young learners visualize tens, promoting stronger numerical comprehension. With colorful illustrations and interactive exercises, kids quickly grasp and enjoy learning essential math foundations. Ideal for both classroom and home learning environments, these printable resources support your child's journey to mastering numbers. Explore our collection today and give your child the confidence to advance in their math skills with ease!


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Counting Tens and Ones: Part 1 Worksheet
Counting Tens and Ones: Part 1 Worksheet

Counting Tens and Ones: Part 1 Worksheet

Kids Academy has a great place value worksheet to help kids learn when they don't have manipulatives at home! It includes longs and cubes that kids can count and add to find the sum. Colorful and downloadable, this page will help kids understand addition and place value better. Give it a try!
Counting Tens and Ones: Part 1 Worksheet
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A Monkey Maze of Tens Worksheet
A Monkey Maze of Tens Worksheet

A Monkey Maze of Tens Worksheet

Kids can enjoy helping 10 little monkeys get to bed in this fun worksheet! They'll draw a line through all the pictures that show 10 to help the monkeys get back to their bed. Monkeys are an animal loved by many, from pet monkeys to zoo visits, and kids will adore this worksheet.
A Monkey Maze of Tens Worksheet
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Counting Tens and Ones: Part 2 Worksheet
Counting Tens and Ones: Part 2 Worksheet

Counting Tens and Ones: Part 2 Worksheet

Adding two-digit numbers can be tough for kids. It's essential to give them a strong foundation of numeracy and math, not just teaching them to add. Use longs and cubes to help them get a visual grasp of place value and addition. This fun worksheet can help your child take their skills to the next level, with problems featuring larger numbers.
Counting Tens and Ones: Part 2 Worksheet
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Kindergarten Counting by Tens
Kindergarten Counting by Tens

Learn Dozens: Counting by Tens Printable

Kindergartners need to learn skip counting - counting in number groups - to increase number sense and be ready for more advanced math. Our kindergarten worksheet featuring a starry trip to outer space will help your child practice this valuable skill. Your child will choose correct answers to trace the lines to the stars, building fluency in skip counting. They'll also strengthen problem solving and see the pattern it creates. Get your little learner to the next level with this skip counting worksheet!
Learn Dozens: Counting by Tens Printable
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Understanding the concept of 'tens' is foundational for young learners, typically ages 3-9, and underpins all future mathematical learning. Parents and teachers should prioritize this because it forms the basis of our number system, which revolves around the decimal (base-10) system. Grasping this concept helps children perform basic arithmetic with greater ease and sets a strong foundation for more advanced math concepts such as place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Mastery of tens aids in number sense—a child's intuition about numbers and their relationships. For example, once a child understands that the number 20 is composed of 2 tens, they can easily see that adding 10 to 20 results in 30. This visualization and comprehension make arithmetic smoother and quicker. Moreover, it is crucial for concepts beyond plain calculations, such as estimating, measuring, and understanding patterns, which are all fundamental skills in daily life and later academic pursuits.

Early understanding and strong numerical foundation reduce anxiety related to math as children progress to higher grades, providing confidence and competence in tackling more complex problems. This early proficiency is consistent with cognitive development theories suggesting that early hands-on learning and comprehension lead to better academic outcomes later. Thus, investing time and effort into teaching tens at a young age is invaluable for the child's long-term math success.