I'm more used to the verb "is" being used in such sentences. I don't know about other varieties of English. , Five and five is ten.
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faisalkhanFive and five makes/make twenty five.Don't use that unless you're playing some kind of multiplication game, and even then it would be clearer to use "times" or "by" instead of "and."
faisalkhanFive and five makes/make ten. Two and two makes/make four.Both are common; it is a matter of whether the speaker is thinking of the quantities or the operation.
faisalkhanFive and five makes/make twenty five.Yes; don't do that. 'And' means addition.
faisalkhanThe teacher said:For multiplication, singular form is correct.Four and four makes sixteen.That is not correct in BrE or AmE.