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Counting Animals Worksheet

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Counting Animals Worksheet

Animals have arrived at a wildlife rescue in Australia. Use the animal groups and number clues to count carefully, bundle ones into tens, and show what each digit is worth.

Count and bundle

Think of each full bundle as one ten.

1.The rescue has 14 joeys to check. How many tens and how many ones make 14?
2.A keeper counts 2 tens and 7 ones of cockatoos. Which number is this?
  • 27
  • 72
  • 9
3.There are 36 bandicoots on the care list. What is the value of the digit 3 in 36?
  • 3 ones
  • 3 tens, or 30
  • 3 hundreds
4.Write 48 as tens and ones.

Read the place-value clues

Use the number line and the clues to solve the rescue's counting puzzle.

5.A number line shows the total number of rescued animals so far. What number is marked?
05101520253035404550
6.The number 41 is one more than 40. What is the value of the 1 in 41?
7.Put these animal counts in order from smallest to largest: 32, 23, 29.
20253035

Solve the keeper's puzzle

Show how you know. Check the tens before the ones.

8.Zach records 3 tens and 5 ones of turtles. Dylan records 2 tens and 9 ones of turtles. Who counted more, and by how many?
9.A crate label has 4 tens and 0 ones. Write its number, then name the place value of the 0.
10.Make a number between 20 and 40 using 3 tens and any number of ones. Write the number and explain what the tens digit tells you.

3 printable pages

  • Counting Animals Worksheet, page 1 of 3: Count and bundle

    Page 1

  • Counting Animals Worksheet, page 2 of 3: Read the place-value clues, Solve the keeper's puzzle

    Page 2

  • Counting Animals Worksheet, page 3 of 3: 9. A crate label has 4 tens and 0 ones. Write its number, then name the place value

    Page 3

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