# Learner cards · three choices each day

These are **invented drawings and models**. A “tray of ten” or “row of ten” has exactly ten marks; check one row before trusting it. Choose one card for today's lesson. Your teacher may keep the others for later practice. You can use ten-strips and counters, draw groups, choose large digit cards, use a tactile mat, or direct someone else to move objects for you. Show or tell **how many full tens and loose ones** you used. No real stock, tickets, living things or purchases need to be counted.

| Day | A | B | C |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11 | **Library design:** five trays with ten book *icons* each, and two extra icons. How many icons? | **Garden poster:** five rows with ten seed *symbols* each, and four extra symbols. How many symbols? | **Game pieces:** five packs of ten paper token marks, plus five loose marks. Build the total, then remove two loose marks. What changed? |
| 12 | **Sports club poster:** five strips of ten ticket marks and eight more. Show the total and one more. | **Maker-bench drawing:** five racks of ten bolt *symbols* and nine extra symbols. Show the total and one more. | **Music editor:** six bars of ten beat marks. Show the same amount as five bars of ten and loose marks. |
| 13 | **Art room:** six sheets with ten shape marks on each and two extra marks. | **Library display:** six rows of ten title-card icons and four loose icons. Compare with A. | **Robotics game:** six stacks of ten drawn blocks and five extras. Can you show the same total with one fewer full stack? |
| 14 | **Postcard exhibition:** six rows of ten postcard marks and seven loose marks. | **Trail board game:** six groups of ten step marks and nine more marks. Move one more step and check the total. | **Garden design:** seven printed strips of ten leaf *icons*. Show an equal amount with only six full strips. |
| 15 | **Museum diagram:** five shelves with ten exhibit icons each and three extra icons. | **Classroom plan:** six groups of ten desk symbols and one extra symbol. | **Festival poster design:** six lines of ten flag shapes and eight loose flag shapes. Put A, B and C in number order. |
| 16 | **Bike-repair picture:** seven racks of ten drawn spoke marks and two extras. | **Library shelf plan:** seven rows of ten book icons and four extras. Which picture has more icons? | **Craft design:** seven packets of ten paper square marks and five loose marks. Show the total, then remove two loose marks. |
| 17 | **Theatre seat diagram:** seven rows of ten printed seats and seven extra seats. | **Drawing archive:** seven sleeves with ten drawing marks each and nine extra marks. Move one more mark. | **Community-hall plan:** eight blocks with ten place marks in each. Make an equal amount with seven full blocks and loose marks. |
| 18 | **Soundboard picture:** eight rows of ten beat boxes and two extras. | **Science-fair labels:** eight groups of ten blank label icons and four more. Which picture has more icons? | **Market-sign illustration:** eight groups of ten fruit *symbols* and five extras. Find a total between A and C. |
| 19 | **Game-map design:** eight lines of ten path dots and seven extras. | **Poster collection drawing:** eight bundles of ten blank poster icons and nine extras. Move one more icon. | **Music-program graphic:** nine rows with ten beat marks in each. Show an equal amount with eight rows and loose marks. |
| 20 | **Game level:** five rows with ten score *marks* each and six extra marks. | **Reading-room diagram:** seven shelves with ten book icons each and eight extras. | **Animal-icon display:** eight strips with ten *drawn animal symbols* each and six extras. Choose two, compare their totals, and explain which place has more full tens. |

## One more way

After finishing one card, choose a **new** card in that row. Make a wrong model on purpose by moving a tens strip to the ones column or swapping numeral digits. Ask a partner or adult to find and fix the exact mistake. Keep the first attempt and correction visible. You can also invent a context about an interest of your own, provided each group is verified as ten and the claim is only about the drawn/modelled items.

**Rights:** Original fictional cards © NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd 2026, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). There are no real market prices, animal counts, enrolment figures or transport schedules in these cards.