🔢 Kindergarten math · Counting & Numbers

Count on from any number

The number between 13 and 15 is 14. After means one more. Before means one less.

Worked example

What number comes just before 19?

Answer: 18

Count back from 19: the number before is 18. Answer: 18.

For grown-ups: Count on from any number. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

CCSS K.CC.A.2

What this practises, for teachers

Practices count on from any number (K.CC.A.2). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

What number comes just after 9?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 10
Count up from 9: the number after is 10. Answer: 10.
What number comes just before 42?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 41
Count back from 42: the number before is 41. Answer: 41.
What number comes just after 49?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 50
Count up from 49: the number after is 50. Answer: 50.

Before and after

Learn first: Count a group of things (K)

Comes next: Read and write numbers to 20 (K), More, fewer or the same (K), Which number is bigger? (K)

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Count on from any number (Kindergarten)

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Try three

Before and after

Count on from any number (Kindergarten)

Answer key