Collection — 11 ladybugs — free printable diagram

How many ladybugs are on this counting card?

There are 11 ladybugs on this card — eleven. It is printed with no numeral and no label, so the counting is left to the student.

How many

11

In words

eleven

Odd or even

odd

One more

12

One less

10

Double

11 + 11 = 22

Tens and ones

1 ten and 1 one

• 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.
• 11 is odd, so this set cannot be split into two equal groups: 11 ÷ 2 gives 5 each with 1 left over.
• 11 is 1 ten and 1 one, which is exactly how the numeral is written: the 1 counts the tens and the 1 counts the ones left over.