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Watch: Counting to 10

Using number tracks

Here is a number track.

What is the missing number?

Counting on the next number after 4 makes 5.

Counting back from 6 makes 5.

The missing number is 5.

Example 1

Here is a number track.

Can you fill in the gaps?

Let's count on from 2.

3, 4, 5, 6

So the missing numbers are 4 and 6.

Example 2

Here is a number line.

Start at 3. Count on 4 more. Which number do you finish on?

3, 4, 5, 6, 7

3 and 4 more takes you to 7.

Now start at 9. Count back 5. Which number do you finish on?

9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4

Counting back 5 from 9 takes you to 4.

Example 3

A mouse eats 2 blocks of cheese on Monday and 3 blocks of cheese on Tuesday.

How many blocks of cheese have they eaten altogether?

Start from 2 and count on 3 more.

2, 3, 4, 5

The mouse has eaten 5 blocks of cheese altogether.

Example 4

There are 7 pandas in the forest. 3 of them go to drink from the waterfall.

Find how many are left by counting back from 7.

7, 6, 5, 4

There are 4 pandas left in the forest

Quiz

Take this quiz to see how well you can count backwards and forwards from 10.