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Empty Boxes Tell a Story
When you have 6 counters in a ten frame, there are 4 empty boxes. Those 4 empty boxes tell you that you need 4 more to make 10. So 6 + 4 = 10! The ten frame shows this without any counting.
Mathematics β Ten Frames: See Numbers to 10
When you have 6 counters in a ten frame, there are 4 empty boxes. Those 4 empty boxes tell you that you need 4 more to make 10. So 6 + 4 = 10! The ten frame shows this without any counting.