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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 1 of 8

Numbers to 20

Count, read and compare numbers

What your child practises

Counting to 20 forward and back from any number, recognizing small groups at a glance, and comparing two numbers.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: A6.2–A6.4, A6.7, A6.8, A6.10 · counting forward and back, reading numbers to 20, and comparing them

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

    How many dots? Try not to count them one by one.

    • 3
    • 1
    • 5
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    5

    Hint: Small groups of dots are easy to see all at once. Look for 2s and 3s.

  2. Question 2

    What is 1 less than 15?

    • 19
    • 10
    • 14
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    14

    Hint: One less means the number just before when we count backward.

  3. Question 3

    Which number is more?

    5 15

    • 15
    • 5
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    15

    Hint: Think about counting: the number you say later is more.

  4. Question 4

    Count backward. What comes before 5?

    12356789?
    • 5
    • 4
    • 8
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    4

    Hint: When we count backward, the number gets smaller by 1.

  5. Question 5

    Start at 12. Count on 3 more. Where do you stop?

    11121314151617
    • 15
    • 10
    • 11
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    15

    Hint: Say the number you start on, then hop forward one number at a time.

  6. Question 6

    How many 🍪?

    • 6
    • 12
    • 17
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    12

    Hint: Touch each one as you count. Keep going past 10!