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Number bonds & target sums

Find parts that make a whole, including make-ten combinations.

A number bond describes parts and a whole. Making ten is one especially useful case, but a target can also be twelve, twenty, or a changing total.

Choose a fixed-ten game when you specifically want complements to ten. Choose a changing-target game when you want players to recompute the missing part instead of reusing one memorized pair.

How to choose

  • Egg PoolIts matching targets are complements that total ten.
  • Cascade TheoryPlan swaps that create adjacent straight groups totaling ten.
  • Egg ConveyorBuild a carton to its displayed target while visible eggs retain their values.
  • Drop 20Work with combinations totaling twenty instead of ten.

A suggested discussion

write a target as two or more parts and compare two valid combinations.

  • What is the whole, and which parts do you already have?
  • How much is still needed?
  • Does this game always use ten, or does its target change?

Adapt this suggestion to your learner. It is not an implemented game feature or curriculum standard.

Games connected with number bonds & target sums

7 games

Cascade Theory game artwork

Number bonds & target sums

Cascade Theory

Swap neighboring eggs to make straight groups totaling ten. Cleared eggs fall and can set off more clears; aim to empty the board in twenty moves.

  • Identify adjacent numbers that total ten
  • Predict the result of swapping two neighboring positions
  • Consider how gravity and column movement change the next board

Ready for: Add small whole numbers to ten

Math with movement or planning
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Close the Carton game artwork

Addition

Close the Carton

Roll two dice, then close a group of numbered eggs whose values make the rolled total. Try to leave the smallest total behind.

  • Add two dice values
  • Find different groups with the same sum
  • Compare the remaining options before choosing a group

Ready for: Read the numbers 1 to 12

Math with movement or planning
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Drop 20 game artwork

Number bonds & target sums

Drop 20

Move falling numbered eggs among six columns and complete touching groups that add to exactly 20.

  • Find complements to 20
  • Add several adjacent numbers
  • Plan placement while preserving room in a column

Ready for: Add whole numbers from 1 to 9

Math with movement or planning
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Egg Conveyor game artwork

Addition

Egg Conveyor

Catch numbered eggs from a moving conveyor and put together the target sum. Exact cartons keep the run going; three overshoots end it.

  • Keep a running sum of selected values
  • Find the amount still needed to reach a target
  • Choose a combination from the values currently available

Ready for: Read whole numbers

Math with movement or planning
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Egg Pool game artwork

Number bonds & target sums

Egg Pool

Aim a neutral cue ball to make numbered eggs collide in pairs totaling ten. Clear all three pairs from the board.

  • Recognize two values that make ten
  • Plan a direction of travel and a collision
  • Adjust an aim using the cue's new position

Ready for: Read numbers 1 to 9

Math with movement or planning
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Math 'n' Hatch game artwork

Addition

Math 'n' Hatch

Answer ten arithmetic questions to progress along an Adventure map. Each player profile follows its chosen Addition & Subtraction or Multiplication & Division curriculum.

  • Calculate the answer to an arithmetic prompt
  • Find a missing value in an equation on applicable tracks
  • Use related facts and place value as later tracks unlock

Ready for: Read whole numbers and the operation shown

Direct math practice
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Tres Huevos game artwork

Number bonds & target sums

Tres Huevos

Make 3 by joining a 1 and a 2, then combine equal eggs into larger numbers. Each move shifts eggs just one cell.

  • Recognize 1 + 2 = 3
  • Double equal values from 3 onward
  • Plan one-cell moves and incoming eggs

Ready for: Read small whole numbers

Math with movement or planning
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