Kindergarten · Math · Unit 9 of 10
Count to 100
Count by ones and tens
What your child practices
Counting to 100 by ones and by tens, counting on from any number, and seeing 11 to 19 as ten and some more ones.
Alaska content standards learning standard: K.CC.1; K.CC.2; K.NBT.1 · counting to 100 by ones and tens, counting on from a given number, and teen numbers as ten ones and some more ones
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Count by tens: 10, 20, 30 ... 100.
- You can start counting at any number.
- 11 to 19 are ten and some more ones.
Example: 10 and 4 more. What number is that? Ten ones fill the frame. 4 more make 14. Answer: 14
Count to 100 in Alaska
In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 9 of 10 in Kindergarten Math, after Build with Blocks and before Sort & Count.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What number do the blocks show?
- 3
- 20
- 30
- 13
30
Hint: Each long block is ten. Count by tens.
Question 2
37, 38, 39, ? What number comes next?
- 40
- 30
- 49
- 39
40
Hint: Count on from 39.
Question 3
10 and 2 more. What number is that?
- 11
- 13
- 12
- 2
12
Hint: Ten and 2 ones make 12.
Question 4
Count by tens: 10, 20, ? What comes next?
- 30
- 40
- 29
- 25
30
Hint: Each jump adds one more ten.
Question 5
12 is 10 and how many more?
- 12
- 3
- 10
- 2
2
Hint: 12 is one ten and some ones. Count the ones: 2.
Question 6
What number comes just before 43?
- 41
- 33
- 44
- 42
42
Hint: Count back one from 43.