Counting Worksheets

New: print a hundreds chart (color, blank, 120 chart or mystery picture) or play with the interactive 100 chart.

New: count forward and back on a free printable number line from 0 to 10, 0 to 20 or 0 to 100, or hop along the interactive one.

Quick answer: Counting worksheets teach children to say the number names in order, count objects, write the numbers, count by twos, fives and tens, and count money. This page has 24 free printable counting worksheets with answer keys, from counting to 10 up to 120. Updated October 2026.

Counting worksheets to print (PDF)

These counting worksheets are a sample of the 24 printable PDFs in this section, from counting to 10 to skip counting by 100s. Click a picture for the PDF, or open one of the sets below.

How children learn to count

Counting starts with saying the numbers in order, but real counting means matching one number to each object and knowing that the last number said is how many there are. These worksheets follow that path: counting small groups of pictures, counting counters in ten frames, filling in number sequences, working with the hundreds chart and finally skip counting, which leads straight into multiplication.

Counting goals by grade

Grades follow the Common Core math standards.

Tips for practicing counting

• Touch or cross out each picture as you count it, so nothing is counted twice.
• Count objects arranged in rows of five first; scattered objects are harder.
• Practice counting on from a number other than 1, such as “starting at 7: 8, 9, 10”.
• Count backwards as well as forwards; it prepares children for subtraction.

What is in the counting worksheets

There are 24 counting worksheets in four sets, each with an answer key:

• Counting to 10 (Preschool and kindergarten, 5 worksheets)
• Counting to 20 (Kindergarten, 5 worksheets)
• Hundreds charts and counting to 120 (Kindergarten to grade 2, 6 worksheets)
• Skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s (Grades 1 and 2, 8 worksheets)

Counting worksheets for kindergarten: the five counting standards

The Common Core organizes early counting into five standards in the strand called Counting and Cardinality. Counting worksheets for kindergarten cover all of them:

The most important idea is the one in K.CC.B.4, called the cardinal principle: when you count a group, the last number you say tells how many are in the group. A child who can say the numbers but cannot answer “how many?” has not learned it yet, and needs more counting of real objects.

Skip counting worksheets: how many numbers do you say?

Skip counting means counting in steps larger than 1. Counting by 2s, 5s and 10s is the basis of multiplication, clock reading and money. The table shows how many numbers you say between 1 and 100 for each step, and how the last digits repeat:

Skip counting worksheets that use these patterns make the repeated last digits easy to spot: every number counted by 5 ends in 5 or 0, and every number counted by 10 ends in 0. On a hundreds chart, children can color the numbers they say and see the pattern as stripes.

Hundreds chart worksheets: patterns to look for

A hundreds chart arranges the numbers 1 to 100 in ten rows of ten, so every move has a rule. Hundreds chart worksheets ask children to fill in missing squares and to find these patterns:

The 120 chart that first graders use adds two more rows, and the Common Core asks children to count to 120 from any number (1.NBT.A.1).

Missing numbers worksheets: find the rule first

Missing numbers worksheets show a counting sequence with some numbers left out. The skill is to find the rule from the numbers that are given, and then to use it. Look at the difference between two numbers next to each other:

Ask children to say the rule aloud, such as “I am counting by 5s”, before they write any answers. For harder sheets, hide the first number as well, so the child has to work backwards.

Why the teen numbers are hard

The English number words from 11 to 19 do not follow the same pattern as 21 to 29, and this makes counting past ten hard for many children. Eleven and twelve are irregular words, and thirteen to nineteen put the ones before the ten, so “fourteen” is “four and ten”, in the reverse order of the digits 1 and 4. Counting worksheets that show 10 + 4 next to 14 help children see the structure. The Wikipedia article on counting describes the history of counting systems.

Counting practice worksheets, sheets and charts

This page is also searched as counting practice worksheets, free counting worksheets, printable counting worksheets, counting sheets, counting charts, counting sequence worksheets, free counting and printable counting activities. All of these are the free PDFs above. For a counting to five worksheet, use the counting to 10 sheets and stop at five. Counting charts such as the 100 and 120 chart are on the hundreds chart page.

Counting by ten worksheets, counting by 2 and counting by 3 charts

Skip counting is counting by a number other than one. Counting by ten worksheets are the easiest, because every number ends in 0, and a counting by 2 worksheet gives the even numbers. A counting by 3 chart is harder. The table is a quick counting chart to print or copy:

Our skip counting worksheets page has more sheets for each step.

Counting change and counting dimes worksheets

Counting change worksheets and counting dimes worksheets put counting by ten into real life, because each dime is worth 10 cents. A counting dimes worksheet can use this table: three dimes are 30 cents, seven are 70 cents. Use our counting coins worksheets page for mixed coins and a counting change worksheet.

Practice it as a game

Free online games for the same skill: balloon pop, memory match, races and more. No sign-up.

Skip Counting by 5 GameTens and Ones GameAddition Within 10 Game