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🔢 Kindergarten math · Counting & Numbers

The last number tells how many

Touch each one once and say one number for it. The last number you say tells how many.

Worked example

How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
Answer: 3
Touch each one once and say a number for it. The last number you say is how many: 3. Answer: 3.

For grown-ups: Cardinality: the last number said tells how many. 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.B.4b
What this practises, for teachers

Practices cardinality: the last number said tells how many (K.CC.B.4b). 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. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 4
    Touch each one once and say a number for it. The last number you say is how many: 4. Answer: 4.
  2. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 3
    Touch each one once and say a number for it. The last number you say is how many: 3. Answer: 3.
  3. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 6
    Each full ten frame has 10. Count the full frame as 10, then count on the rest: 6. Answer: 6.

Before and after

Learn first: Touch and count each one (Pre-K)

Comes next: The next number is one more (K), Count a group of things (K)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

The last number tells how many (Kindergarten)

  1. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  2. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  3. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  4. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  5. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  6. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  7. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  8. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  9. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  10. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  11. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.
  12. How many are there? Touch each one once as you count.

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 6
  7. 4
  8. 6
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. 7
  12. 9

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