Collection — 7 bees — free printable diagram

How many bees are on this counting card?

There are 7 bees on this card — seven. It is printed with no numeral and no label, so the counting is left to the student.

How many

7

In words

seven

Odd or even

odd

One more

8

One less

6

Double

7 + 7 = 14

To make ten

7 + 3 = 10

• Past about five objects most students have to count rather than just see how many, so watch how they do it: touching or moving each one as they say the number is what stops an object being counted twice or missed altogether.
• The card carries no numeral and no label, so the same picture works as a counting task, as a "write the numeral" task, or as a quick check of whether a student can count a set reliably and say how many without recounting.
• 7 is odd, so this set cannot be split into two equal groups: 7 ÷ 2 gives 3 each with 1 left over.
• 7 and 3 make 10, so pairing this card with a card showing 3 fills a ten frame — the number bond most early number work is built on.