Year 1 · Maths
Read and write numerals to 20
Reading and writing the numbers to 20 in numerals, the teens the right way round: 14, not 41.
New sheets start on target. You can also print an easier one or a harder one.
What your child will see
The whole sheet as it prints. Every new sheet has different numbers.
Ring the number that matches the dots. Then write it in the box.
Two minutes at home
- Ask
- How do you know it says 14 and not 41?
- Play
- Write 1 to 20 on scraps of paper. Turn one over, read it together, and make that many with pasta.
Common mistakes and how to help
The digits are the wrong way round, as in 41 for 14. "Fourteen" says the 4 first, but we write the 1 first.
Try this: Say "fourteen is ten and four" and write it as you say it: the 1 for the ten first, then the 4.
Mixed up a number and its teen, as in 7 and 17, or 4 for 14: the 1 at the front, which stands for ten, may not mean much yet.
Try this: Show 17 as ten fingers and 7 more (yours and theirs). Say "seventeen is ten and seven".
One more or one less than the dots: a dot was counted twice or skipped.
Try this: Count the dots together, touching each one. The rows go in fives: 5, 10, then count on.
The answer is a long way off: they may not be reading the numbers yet.
Try this: Spot numbers on doors, buses and clocks, and read them together.
Curriculum links
Count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals; count in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s.
National curriculum in England: mathematics programmes of study · Year 1 Mathematics: Number and place value
Read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words.
National curriculum in England: mathematics programmes of study · Year 1 Mathematics: Number and place value
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