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Ten Frames — How Many? is a free printable Kindergarten maths worksheet on reading a quantity from the ten-frame structure, aligned to Common Core standard K.CC.A.3. It prints 5 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Ten Frames — How Many?

K.CC.A.3

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How many counters are in the frame?

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How many counters?
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How many counters?
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How many counters?
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How many counters?
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How many counters?

LessonPrint · K.CC.A.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Ten Frames — How Many?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

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Questions about Ten Frames — How Many?

What does the Ten Frames — How Many? worksheet cover?

It practises reading a quantity from the ten-frame structure — 5 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core K.CC.A.3: Write the numerals 0 to 20 and use them to show how many things there are. The instruction to pupils is “How many counters are in the frame?”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Ten Frames — How Many? practise?

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.3 — K.CC.A.3, in the Counting & Cardinality domain for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Ten Frames — How Many? is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K.CC.A.3, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Ten Frames — How Many? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 5 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Ten Frames — How Many? can I print?

25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.

Is Ten Frames — How Many? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Ten Frames — How Many?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

More practice for K.CC.A.3

Write the numerals 0 to 20 and use them to show how many things there are.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K.CC.A.3 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.