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🔢 Kindergarten math · Counting & Numbers

More, fewer or the same

Count both groups. If the numbers match, the groups are the same.

Worked example

Which group has fewer? Count each group.
Group AGroup B
Answer: Group A
Count each group: A has 4 and B has 7. B has more, and A has fewer. The answer is Group A.

For grown-ups: Compare groups: more, fewer, same (to 10). 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.C.6
What this practises, for teachers

Practices compare groups: more, fewer, same (to 10) (K.CC.C.6). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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🖨️ Printable sheet and key

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Try three

  1. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: Group B
    Count each group: A has 1 and B has 3. B has more, and A has fewer. The answer is Group B.
  2. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: They have the same
    Count each group: A has 5 and B has 5. They are the same. The answer is They have the same.
  3. Which group has fewer? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: Group B
    Count each group: A has 8 and B has 5. A has more, and B has fewer. The answer is Group B.

Before and after

Learn first: Count on from any number (K)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

More, fewer or the same (Kindergarten)

  1. Which group has fewer? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  2. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  3. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  4. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  5. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  6. Which group has fewer? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  7. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  8. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  9. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  10. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  11. Which group has fewer? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B
  12. Which group has more? Count each group.
    Group AGroup B

Answer key

  1. They have the same
  2. Group B
  3. Group A
  4. They have the same
  5. Group B
  6. Group B
  7. Group B
  8. Group A
  9. Group A
  10. Group A
  11. Group B
  12. Group B

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