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Counting and Number Sense: Practice Questions with Answers

Curriculum: Counting And Number SenseGrades: K–2Questions: 12Mode: Practice

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1. Count the apples: apple apple apple. How many apples are there?

  1. 5
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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Answer: C. 3
When you count each apple one at a time - 1, 2, 3 - you find there are 3 apples in all.

2. Which number comes right after 5 when counting?

  1. 7
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 4
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Answer: B. 6
When counting in order, each number is one more than the number before it, so the number right after 5 is 6.

3. How many fingers are on one hand?

  1. 10
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 5
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Answer: D. 5
One hand has 5 fingers, which is why counting on your fingers is a helpful way to count to 5.

4. Count the dots: dot dot dot dot dot dot. How many dots are there?

  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 5
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Answer: A. 6
Counting each dot one by one - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - shows there are 6 dots.

5. Which number is the smallest: 3, 7, 1, 5?

  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 3
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Answer: A. 1
The number 1 is the smallest because it comes first when counting in order, before 3, 5, and 7.

6. What number comes right before 8 when counting?

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 7
  4. 6
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Answer: C. 7
The number right before 8 is 7, because counting in order goes ...6, 7, 8, 9...

7. Count the balls: 9 balls in a row. How many balls are there?

  1. 9
  2. 7
  3. 10
  4. 8
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Answer: A. 9
Counting each ball one at a time from 1 up to 9 shows that there are 9 balls total.

8. Which group has more objects: a group of 3 or a group of 8?

  1. The group of 8
  2. They are equal
  3. Neither group has objects
  4. The group of 3
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Answer: A. The group of 8
The group of 8 has more objects because 8 comes after 3 when counting, so 8 is a bigger amount.

9. What number is one more than 4?

  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 3
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Answer: B. 5
One more than 4 is 5, because adding one moves you to the very next counting number.

10. Count from 1 to 5 out loud. Which number do you say last?

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. 5
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Answer: D. 5
Counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 means the last number said is 5, which is also the total count.

11. How many toes are on one foot?

  1. 10
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 3
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Answer: B. 5
One foot has 5 toes, just like one hand has 5 fingers.

12. Which number is one less than 10?

  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
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Answer: C. 9
One less than 10 is 9, because moving backward one step in counting means going to the number just before it.
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