Numbers to 20 · Usually met around P1
Counting, reading and writing to 20
Ring a group of 10, then count the rest.
How to do it
Method
Ring a group of 10, then count the rest
1 ten and 4 ones = 14 (fourteen)
Another way
Ten frames
A full frame 10, the other 4 → 14
In full
When counting things, touch each one as you count it and never count it twice: the last number you say is how many there are. With many things, count out a group of 10 first, then count the rest: 1 ten and 4 ones make 14, read “fourteen”. Every number from 11 to 19 is ten and some more: a 1 in the tens place, then the ones. 20 is 2 tens. Or use ten frames: one full frame is 10, then see how many are in the second.
Worked examples
Have a go first, then open each one for the answer and the working.
Example 1
Count them. How many 🐱 are there in the picture?
Show the answer and working
Answer: 13
Touch each one as you count: the last number is 13, so there are 13.
Example 2
How do you say 17?
- A. seventeen
- B. twenty-seven
- C. seven
- D. nineteen
Choose the right answer
Show the answer and working
Answer: A. seventeen
17 is said “seventeen”.
Example 3
20 is made of □ tens and □ ones.
Fill in each box
Show the answer and working
Answer: 2，0
The tens digit 2 means 2 tens; the ones digit 0 means 0 ones.
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