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.
Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.CC.A.1; K.CC.A.2; K.NBT.A.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 Arizona
In the Arizona Academic 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.
- Kindergarten guide for Arizona parents
- Printable Kindergarten Math sheet
- Arizona report cards explained
Source: Arizona Department of Education
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?
- 10
- 11
- 1
- 20
10
Hint: Each long block is ten. Count by tens.
Question 2
27, 28, 29, ? What number comes next?
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 39
30
Hint: Count on from 29.
Question 3
10 and 6 more. What number is that?
- 16
- 15
- 17
- 6
16
Hint: Ten and 6 ones make 16.
Question 4
What number comes just before 33?
- 23
- 34
- 32
- 31
32
Hint: Count back one from 33.
Question 5
12 is 10 and how many more?
- 3
- 10
- 2
- 12
2
Hint: 12 is one ten and some ones. Count the ones: 2.
Question 6
Start at 21. Count on. What number comes next?
- 20
- 23
- 31
- 22
22
Hint: Say 21, then the next number.