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Grade 1 · Math · Unit 1 of 11

Count It Up

Count on, count back and skip count!

What your child practises

Counting forward within 100, back from 20, by 2s to 20, and by 5s and 10s to 100, plus seeing small amounts at a glance (subitizing).

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: N1; N2 · counting forward and back, skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, and seeing small amounts at a glance

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practise.

  1. Skip count by 2s, 5s or 10s.
  2. Find how much the number grows each time.
  3. Keep adding that much to find the next number.

Example: Count by 5s: 15, 20, 25, 30, ? Each step adds 5. 30 + 5 = 35. Answer: 35

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Count by 10s: 30, 40, 50, 60, ?

    • 60
    • 50
    • 59

  2. Question 2

    Count by 10s. What number is missing?

    0, 10, 20, 30, 40, , 60, 70

    • 50
    • 56
    • 49

  3. Question 3

    Count on. What number comes next?

    43, 44, 45,

    • 45
    • 46
    • 52

  4. Question 4

    Take a quick look. How many 🌸?

    • 6
    • 3
    • 5

  5. Question 5

    Count by 10s. What number is missing?

    0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, , 70, 80

    • 60
    • 50
    • 64

  6. Question 6

    Count back. What number comes next?

    12, 11, 10,

    • 9
    • 7
    • 5

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