Year 2 Representing counting in 5s as the 5 times table and link to the 10 times tables worksheet

“Fives and tens are related” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 maths unit “Representing counting in 5s as the 5 times table and link to the 10 times tables”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 16 to 17 of the year, 10 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Fives and tens are related

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say how groups of five and ten are related.

A Look back3 min

1.
Count on in tens: 40, 50,
2.
Is 14 odd or even? Circle one.
oddeven
3.
2 + 2 + 2 =

B Watch me, then you4 min

Priya has 10 pegs. She splits them into two equal piles. How many are in each pile?

Watch me

The whole bar is 10 pegs.

Two equal parts make 5 and 5.

5 is half of 10, so 10 is double 5.

Now you

1.
Double 5 is

C Your turn5 min

1.
Half of 10 is
2.
Half of 20 is
3.
Half of 30 is
4.
Half of 40 is

Say it out loud: Which of your answers are only in the fives count? Which are in both counts?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Mia says: “15 is in the fives count, so it is in the tens count too.”

1.
Is 15 in the tens count? Circle one.
YesNo

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Find every number from 1 to 60 in both the fives and tens counts.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Fives and tens are related · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 60

2. even

3. 6

B

1. 10 If your child writes 55, they have put the two fives side by side. Double means add the same amount again: 5 and 5 make 10.

C

1. 5

2. 10

3. 15 If your child writes 25, they took 5 away from 30. Half means two equal parts: 15 and 15 make 30.

4. 20 If your child writes 30, they have taken away one ten. Half means two equal parts, so split 40 into 20 and 20.

D

1. No If your child circles Yes, count in tens from 0: 10, 20, 30. Ask what every number in the tens count ends with.

E

1. 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 If your child writes 35, they have added a number that is only in the fives count. Does 35 end in 0? If not, it is not in the tens count.

Words to use

Say“Which count does this number belong to? How do you know?”

Instead of“Tell them the answer straight away.”

After the sheet

Put 20 buttons on a table. Make tens, then make fives, and ask which gives more groups.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

9 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Fives and tens pattern(with a plan)
5s and 10s: Double and Half(with a plan)
Zero and one stories(with a plan)
Swap the Groups(with a plan)
Times tables in stories(with a plan)
Read the key first(with a plan)
Which Number Is Which?(with a plan)
One Group, Many Groups(with a plan)
Doubling and the 2s(with a plan)

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