Year 1 Composition of numbers 0 to 5 worksheet

“How many are there?” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 maths unit “Composition of numbers 0 to 5”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 10 to 11 of the year, 10 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

How many are there?

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can count small groups and know how many, even when they are arranged differently.

A Look back3 min

1.
How many blocks?
2.
What comes after 6?
3.
Which is more, 4 or 7? Circle it.
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B Watch me, then you4 min

Watch me

I can see 5 at once. The 5 counters fill one whole row.

I count to check: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

The last number I say is 5, so there are 5.

Now you

1.
How many counters?

C Your turn6 min

1.
How many?
2.
How many?
3.
How many?
4.
How many?

Say it out loud: Did the number change when the counters moved into a new shape?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “There are 4 counters, because I counted to 4.”

1.
How many counters are there really?

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Mia has 5 buttons. She moves them into a new shape. How many buttons now? Explain how you know.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

How many are there? · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 4

2. 7

3. 7

B

1. 3 If your child writes 2, they may have missed one. Touch each counter as you say its number.

C

1. 5

2. 5 Touch each counter once, from top to bottom. Say each number as you go.

3. 5

4. 5

D

1. 5 If your child writes 4, the count stopped one early. Point at each counter once and keep going to the last one.

E

1. Look for: 5 and a reason that moving the buttons does not change how many there are.

Words to use

Say“Can you see how many without counting? Now count to check.”

Instead of“Count them all again every time, or just tell them the answer.”

After the sheet

Tip a small handful of buttons or raisins onto a plate. Guess first, then count together.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

9 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

First, second, third!(with a plan)
Splitting Five Spots(with a plan)
Five in Two Parts(with a plan)
Find the Hidden Part(with a plan)
Find the hidden part(with a plan)
One more or one less(with a plan)
One more and one less(with a plan)
Bars that show parts(with a plan)
Bars that show a whole(with a plan)

Every Year 1 maths worksheet

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