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Count to 120 Starting from Any Number

Students will count forward to 120 starting from any number less than 120. Students develop the ability to continue counting sequences without always starting from 1, building number flexibility and sequential understanding.

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Count to 120 Starting from Any Number

Grade 1 · Counting and Place Value to 120 · question 1 of 3

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12 rungs. A star at the top.

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Counting forward names the next number.

Each tick is one more.

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Read it: Count on from any number

Start at 37 and count by ones: 38 is 1 tick on. From 59, the next is 60: a new ten starts.

  1. Find the number you start at: 37.
  2. Move 1 tick on for each number you count.
  3. Say where you land: 38.

You can start counting at any number, not only at 1.

Each tick on is 1 more.

After a number that ends in 9, the tens go up: 59, then 60.

Start where you are. Count on by ones. After a 9, a new ten starts.

Going back to 1 to count up to 38.

Start at 37 and count on: 38.

After 109 comes ___? — 110. 109 ends in 9, so a new ten starts: 110.

Count forward from 47 to 53

Counting doesn't always start at one. Let's pick up in the middle and keep going!

Here's our number line. We're starting at forty-seven.

Hop one forward — forty-eight!

Keep going — forty-nine!

Now fifty! A brand new ten.

Fifty-one.

Fifty-two.

And fifty-three!

Start anywhere — keep counting!47 → 48 → 49 → ...Count forward from 47475347484950515253start+1 each hopa new ten!LANDED ON53started at 47
Grade 1 · Counting forward from any number

We counted from forty-seven to fifty-three. You can start counting from any number — just keep adding one!

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MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics
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1 star — one skill mastered, every rung of its ladder climbed
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Divide within 100

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MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics

Maya earned 2 stars this week — Interpret multiplication as equal groups, which took 6 answers over 3 days before its star landed 3 days ago and Multiply by 6, 7, 8 and 9. Next up: Divide within 100.

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