Free Grade 1 Number Sense Worksheets

Free printable Grade 1 number sense worksheets — Skip Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s, and Tens & Ones place value practice. Download or print instantly.

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Skip Counting

Five rows per page, each counting by 2s, 5s, or 10s, with two numbers in each row left blank. The step changes row to row specifically so a child has to actually check which pattern is running before filling in a gap, rather than falling into a habit of always adding the same amount regardless of what the row is actually doing.

Tens & Ones

Five problems per page, each showing a 2-digit number as base-ten blocks — tall rods for tens, small cubes for ones — with a blank box for the child to write the actual number. This is the concrete version of a skill Grade 1's Math Worksheets assume: that "23" isn't just a shape to copy, it's 2 groups of ten and 3 more.

Why skip counting matters beyond counting itself

Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s is the direct precursor to multiplication — a child who's fluent skip-counting by 5s already has the pattern that makes the 5-times-table make sense two years later, rather than a cold new fact to memorize.

Frequently asked questions

There are always at least 4 visible numbers in every row of 6, and no two blanks sit next to each other — there's always at least one full visible gap (two known numbers with nothing missing between them) to read the step from before tackling the blanks.

Saying a sequence aloud from memory is a different skill from reading a partial sequence and identifying a specific missing value — it's normal for the written version to lag the spoken one at first. Practice pointing at each visible number and saying it aloud while working through the row can help bridge the two.

Tens & Ones builds the underlying concept — that a number IS a stack of tens and ones; Grade 2's regrouping worksheets in the Math section use that concept to carry and borrow during addition and subtraction. This page is the foundation the later procedure is built on.