Year 1 Unitising and coin recognition - counting in 2s, 5s and 10s worksheet

“Counting in twos” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 maths unit “Unitising and coin recognition - counting in 2s, 5s and 10s”, 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 29 to 30 of the year, 10 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Counting in twos

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

Today I can skip count in twos forwards and backwards.

A Look back3 min

1.
What comes after 39?
2.
3 tens and ones make 34.
3.
How many dots?

B Watch me, then you4 min

Watch me

Start at 0. Each jump is 2.

We say 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.

Each number is 2 more than the one before.

Now you

1.
10, 12,

C Your turn6 min

Count in twos. Write the next number.

1.
2, 4, 6,
2.
8, 10,
3.
14, 16, 18,
4.
18, 16,

Say it out loud: What do you notice about the last digit each time?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Ava counts in twos: “8, 10, 14, 16.”

1.
Which number did Ava miss?

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Count in twos from 0. Write every number you say from 10 to 20.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Counting in twos · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 40

2. 4

3. 7

B

1. 14

C

1. 8 If your child writes 7, they have counted on in ones. Tap each pair and say ‘two more’.

2. 12 If your child writes 11, they have counted on in ones. Say ‘10, then two more’ and tap two.

3. 20 If your child writes 19, they have counted on in ones. Count two at a time: 18, 20.

4. 14 If your child writes 15, they have counted back in ones. Go back two at a time: 16, 14.

D

1. 12 If your child writes 11, they counted on in ones. Say the twos aloud: 8, 10, 12, 14, and tap two at a time.

E

1. 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 If a number is missing, say the list aloud and tap a pair of buttons for each number.

Words to use

Say“Say the twos out loud, and tap a pair each time.”

Instead of“Make them learn the list by heart.”

After the sheet

Set out 12 buttons in pairs on a plate, then count the pairs out loud, forwards and back.

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:

Counting in pairs(with a plan)
Counting in tens(with a plan)
Counting in fives(with a plan)
Counting Groups of Five(with a plan)
Counting in equal groups(with a plan)
What a penny is worth(with a plan)
Two Pennies in One Coin(with a plan)
What a 5p Coin Is Worth(with a plan)
What is a 10p coin worth?(with a plan)

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