🔢 Kindergarten math · Counting & Numbers

The next number is one more

One more means count up one. One less means count back one.

Worked example

What is one less than 15? Here are 15.

Answer: 14

One less than 15 is the number just before it when you count: 14, 15. Answer: 14.

For grown-ups: Each next number is one more. 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.4c

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Practices each next number is one more (K.CC.B.4c). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

What is one more than 9? Here are 9.
Show the answer and how
Answer: 10
One more than 9 is the next number when you count: 9, 10. Answer: 10.
What is one less than 17?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 16
One less than 17 is the number just before it when you count: 16, 17. Answer: 16.
What is one more than 3?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 4
One more than 3 is the next number when you count: 3, 4. Answer: 4.

Before and after

Learn first: The last number tells how many (K)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

The next number is one more (Kindergarten)

What is one more than 14? Here are 14.
What is one more than 5? Here are 5.
What is one more than 2?
What is one more than 14?
What is one less than 13?
What is one less than 7?
What is one less than 14?
What is one more than 5?
What is one more than 17?
What is one less than 2?
What is one more than 15?
What is one less than 4?

Try three

Before and after

The next number is one more (Kindergarten)

Answer key