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Numbers 1–20 Recognition
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Numbers 1–20 Recognition
At a kite festival, Ellis and Amelia are checking numbered kite tags. Use the clues to read, write, compare and order numbers from 1 to 20. Show your working where useful.
Read and recognise numbers
Look carefully at the digits and number words.
1.Which numeral matches the word sixteen? Choose one.
- 6
- 16
- 60
- 19
2.Write the number word for 14.
3.A kite tag shows 18. How many tens and how many ones are in 18?
4.Tick every number that has 1 ten and 3 ones.
- 3
- 13
- 31
- 1
Place numbers in order
Use the number line and the festival clues to think about how numbers relate.
5.The number line runs from 1 to 20. Which number is marked between 9 and 11?
6.Complete the sequence of kite tag numbers: 12, 13, , 15, .
7.Put these kite tag numbers in order from smallest to largest: 17, 7, 12, 2.
8.Ellis says that 9 is greater than 16 because 9 is a bigger digit than 1. Is Ellis correct? Explain using tens and ones.
Solve the festival clues
Use each clue to identify the number being described.
9.Amelia's kite number is greater than 14 but less than 17. What is her kite number?
10.A tag has 1 ten and 9 ones. Write the numeral, then name the number that is one more.
11.True or false: In the number 12, the digit 1 represents one ten.
TrueFalse
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