Grade 1 Counting: Counting 1-20

Extend counting to 20

What You'll Learn

  • Count from 1 to 20
  • Recognize teen numbers (11-19)
  • Understand 20 as two tens

📖Teen Numbers

After 10 come the teen numbers: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, then 20!

💡

Notice the pattern: thirteen has "three" in it, fourteen has "four," and so on!

Worked examples

Real problems from the practice worksheets, solved one step at a time.

  1. Example 1

    8,9,10,11, , ,14,15,16, 

    Fill in the missing numbers

    1. This is a counting pattern — each number changes by the same amount.
    2. The numbers go up by 1 each time.
    3. Add 1 to fill each blank. The missing numbers: 12, 13, 17.

    Answer: 12, 13, 17

  2. Example 2

    10,11,12, ,14,15,16, ,18, 

    Fill in the missing numbers

    1. This is a counting pattern — each number changes by the same amount.
    2. The numbers go up by 1 each time.
    3. Add 1 to fill each blank. The missing numbers: 13, 17, 19.

    Answer: 13, 17, 19

  3. Example 3

    8,9, ,11, ,13,14,15,16, 

    Fill in the missing numbers

    1. This is a counting pattern — each number changes by the same amount.
    2. The numbers go up by 1 each time.
    3. Add 1 to fill each blank. The missing numbers: 10, 12, 17.

    Answer: 10, 12, 17