Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to identify and match numbers that are one less than different numbers to ten for each statement about a farm and a template to select and record matching numbers of objects to ten that might be stored in a barn on a farm.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use a selection of farm jobs to identify number sums that are one less than different numbers to ten.

This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to identify and record counted sets of objects that are one less than different numbers to ten on the theme of farms and farming. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.