Counting to 120 is the base for everything else in first-grade number work: place value, adding and subtracting all depend on knowing the order of the numbers and where they go on after 99. On this worksheet each line shows a short row of numbers that count forward with one number missing, and your child writes the missing number on the line. The missing number can be first, in the middle or last, so your child has to know the numbers on both sides.
Support sheets stay within 40, while standard and challenge sheets spend at least half of their rows on the numbers from 96 to 120, where the numbers cross 100 and go on into the hundred-and-teens. Say the row out loud together, then fill in the gap.
What your child will learn
Count forward from any number up to 120
Write the number that is missing from a row
Cross from one ten to the next, such as 49 to 50
Count past 100 into the hundred-and-teens
Common Core standard: 1.NBT.A.1
Worked example
The row is 106, 107, ____, 109. Count on: 106, 107, 108, 109. The missing number is 108.
Common mistake
Stopping at 99 and not knowing what comes next, or writing 40 after 39 instead of 40 only at the next ten.
Helpful hint
Say the row out loud and count on from the number before the gap.