Counting Forward from Any Number Worksheets for Kindergarten

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Grade KMathCounting & Number SenseCCSS K.CC.A.2

Skill: Counting on by 1s from a given number within 100

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Teaching tips and what to try next

For kindergartners who can count to 20 from 1 and are starting to count past it. Play a quick game in the car or at dinner: you say a number, and your child says the next three. When rows cross into a new decade feel easy, move to Hundred Chart: Fill In the Missing Numbers 1-100 or on to Ordering Numbers and Counting to 120 in first grade.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

Counting forward from a number other than 1 is an important kindergarten skill. A child who can start at 46 and keep going, 47, 48, 49, 50, really understands the counting order, and this skill later turns into counting on to add. This kindergarten worksheet gives eight number rows to complete.

Each row has seven boxes that count up by 1s. Three boxes in every row are empty, and children write the missing numbers. The rows start in different parts of the number range, from the single digits up into the 80s and 90s, so children practice small and big numbers on the same page. Many rows cross a new ten, such as 38, 39, 40, which is where young counters most often get stuck. Each of the ten versions has new rows and its own answer key.

How to use it: before writing, ask your child to read the first number aloud and then count forward with you, pointing to each box. When a row crosses a ten, stop and talk about it: after 39 comes 40, because the nines are used up and a new ten starts. A printed hundred chart on the table is a helpful check. As your child grows more confident, cover the chart and let them try on their own.

The answer key shows all of the missing numbers. For more counting to 100, try our Counting to 100 by Ones and Tens worksheet. For numbers to 20 only, try our Missing Numbers 1-20 worksheet.