function my_post_queries( $query ) {

		// not an admin page and it is the main query
		if (!is_admin() && $query->is_main_query()){

			// query for the home page
			if(is_home()){

				$first_page_total= 9; // total number of posts on first page
				$paginated_total = 10; // total number of posts on paginated pages
				$posts_to_skip = $paginated_total - $first_page_total;

				// pagination for custom page(s)
				if ( get_query_var('paged') ) { $paged = get_query_var('paged'); }
				elseif ( get_query_var('page') ) { $paged = get_query_var('page'); }
				else { $paged = 1; }

				// page query args

				$query->set('posts_per_page', $first_page_total);
				$query->set('post__not_in', get_option( 'sticky_posts' ));

				if(is_paged()) {
					// paginated query args
					$offset = (($paged - 1) * $paginated_total)- $posts_to_skip;
					$query->set('offset', $offset);
					$query->set('posts_per_page',  $paginated_total);
				}

			}
		}
	}

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_post_queries' );