🔢 Making 10 & Counting to 20 🔟
NCERT Class 1 Maths Solutions
🐞 Spot the Dots!
A. Write the number of dots on each bug.
✨ Answer: Look closely at the ladybugs in your book! Count the black dots on their bright red bodies and write the number below each one.
D. Roll the dice and colour a box with the same number of dots.
🎲 Dice Game Idea: Roll a dice. If it shows 4 dots (⚃), use your favorite crayon to color 4 boxes! The friend with the most colored boxes wins!
🐒 The Magic of Zero ‘0’
Gola monkey was wearing his favorite shirt with 4 buttons. He ate too many bananas, and *POP*, all his buttons rolled away one by one! Four… Three… Two… One… ZERO!
A. How many suns do you see in the night?
✨ Answer: 0 (Zero) suns! We see the moon and stars at night. 🌙
B. How many moons do you see at noon?
✨ Answer: 0 (Zero) moons! The sun shines brightly at noon. ☀️
Write the number of birds sitting on the branch of the tree.
✨ Answer: If all the birds flew away, the number of birds left is 0 (Zero)! 🌳
🎂 Aastha’s 10th Birthday!
Aastha is 9 years old. After 1 more year, she will be 10! So, 9 and 1 more makes 10!
Number Pairs of 10: Let’s find the missing pairs!
✨ Answers: Let’s look at all the ways we can make 10!
1 + 9 = 10
2 + 8 = 10
3 + 7 = 10
4 + 6 = 10
5 + 5 = 10
6 + 4 = 10
7 + 3 = 10
8 + 2 = 10
9 + 1 = 10
🖐️ The Handy Ten Game: Hold up 3 fingers. How many fingers do you need to hold up to make 10? Answer: 7 fingers!
🚀 Counting beyond 10!
Write the numbers 11 – 20!
✨ Answer: Every time we add 1, the number grows!
• 10 and 1 is 11 Eleven
• 10 and 2 is 12 Twelve
• 10 and 3 is 13 Thirteen
• 10 and 4 is 14 Fourteen
• 10 and 5 is 15 Fifteen
• (Keep going all the way to…)
• 10 and 10 is 20 Twenty!
• 10 and 1 is 11 Eleven
• 10 and 2 is 12 Twelve
• 10 and 3 is 13 Thirteen
• 10 and 4 is 14 Fourteen
• 10 and 5 is 15 Fifteen
• (Keep going all the way to…)
• 10 and 10 is 20 Twenty!
🧠 Brain Teasers & Puzzles
A. Circle the smallest number.
✨ i. 8, 12, 6: The smallest is 6
✨ ii. 14, 11, 19: The smallest is 11
✨ ii. 14, 11, 19: The smallest is 11
B. Circle the biggest number.
✨ i. 16, 19, 11: The biggest is 19
✨ ii. 11, 17, 9: The biggest is 17
✨ ii. 11, 17, 9: The biggest is 17
Let us Do: Write the missing sequence numbers!
✨ Answers: Fill in the blanks!
i.
14
15
16
17
18
ii.
11
12
13
14
15
iii.
15
16
17
18
19
iv.
13
14
15
16
17