number · Foundation · AC9MFN01
Numbers to twenty
Every amount has a number name and a numeral we write. No objects at all is zero, written 0. A full ten-frame is ten, so the teen numbers are ten and some more: fourteen is a full ten-frame and four more, written 1 then 4. Numbers always come in the same counting order. The number just after is one more and the number just before is one less. Numbers said later when counting are bigger, so to put numbers in order, find the smallest, then the next, then the biggest.
Sample questions
How many counters are in the ten-frame? Write the number.
- Touch each counter once: 1, 2, 3.
- There are 3 counters: three.
Answer: 3
How many counters are in the ten-frame? Write the number.
- The top row is full: that is five.
- Count on along the bottom row: 6, 7.
- There are 7 counters: seven.
Answer: 7
How many counters are in the ten-frame? Write the number.
- Touch each counter once: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
- There are 5 counters: five.
Answer: 5