Pairs to 20 – Test Yourself

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Purpose:

You can help your child to learn the addition pairs to 20.  

What you need:

Test Cards (PDF, 37KB)  You can print these or make your own.

What to do:

Print out the cards and glue them to light cardboard. Cut out the cards along the solid lines and fold along the dotted lines. The folded part is used to cover the answer. 
 
Only fold back the card to see if your answer is right.
Practise with a few cards at a time.

What to expect your child to do:

  • To recognise that they can use their facts to 10 to help learn pairs to 20.
  • Instantly recall the pairs to 20.

Variation:

  • Your child can make two piles of cards of ones they know and ones they are still learning. Store the cards in two separate containers.
  • Ask your child the questions orally.
  • You can cover the cards with clear 'coverseal' sports that you can use felt pens to write in the answers and then wipe them clean to use again.
  • Use your home language to do this activity with your children. 

He Kupu Māori:

whētui (a)
fold
kāri tāpiritanga
addition card
hura (ina)
uncover, expose
tāpiri (hia)
add
tāpiritanga
addition
otinga
result/answer
meka tāpiritanga
addition facts

He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:

  • Whētuia ngā kāri kia kore ai e kitea ngā otinga o ngā tāpiritanga. (Fold the cards so you can’t see the answers to the additions.)
  • Tāpirihia te tekau mā whitu me te toru, ka hia? (Add 17 and 3. How many is that?)
  • Tekau mā whitu, tāpirihia te toru, ka rua tekau. (17 and 3 equals twenty.)
  • He aha te otinga o te whitu tāpiri i te toru? (What is the answer to 7 + 3?)
  • He āwhina tēnā i a koe ki te whakaoti i te tekau mā whitu tāpiri i te toru. (That can help you to answer 17 + 3.)
  • Huraina te otinga. Kei te tika koe? (Uncover the answer. Are you correct?)

Download a file of this activity:

PDF (204KB)