Missing Numbers to 20: Count Forwards and Backwards
Fill gaps in number sequences to twenty. Check the direction of each row, including the final backwards sequence.
- Year groups
- Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Years 1–2 (Key Stage 1)
- Pages
- 1
- File type
- Subject
- Numbers, Maths
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Number and place value
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About this resource
This worksheet is perfect for helping students build their counting fluency up to 20. Students will complete the patterns by counting by ones. This is a great way for students to practise their counting skills.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Complete forward number sequences through twenty
- Continue a backward-counting pattern
- Write missing numerals in their correct positions
Teaching tips
- Have children point to each position and say the complete sequence before writing.
- Pause before the final row and ask what changed about the counting direction.
Skills covered
- Sequence recognition — infer whether the row increases or decreases before completing missing values.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Number and place value — count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Numbers to 20
- Number sequence
- Counting direction
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