You do not have to start at 1. You can start anywhere.
Step 1: Let's Learn
Read it, or press Listen and follow the words.
You can also go backwards. That is harder, so go slowly.
Backwards is genuinely harder
Forwards is a song you have heard hundreds of times. Backwards you have to work out each step, which is why it takes longer.
Why practise it anyway
Counting back is subtraction. Being fluent backwards makes taking away as quick as adding.
Step 2: Try It Yourself
Tap and try it out.
Step 3: Watch an Example
One step at a time.
Watch Mia Count Back
Mia counts back from 15.
- Step 1
She starts on 15.
Step 4: Your Turn
Practice makes it stick.
Countdown
Problem 1 of 1
Ben counts back from 14. What number comes after 13?
Forwards and Backwards
Read carefully. Some go up and some go down.
1 of 3
Count on 2 from 16. Where do you land?
2 of 3
Count back 2 from 15. Where do you land?
3 of 3
Count on 3 from 11. Where do you land?
Step 5: Quick Check
Show what you know.
Question 1 of 2
What comes after 18?
Question 2 of 2
Count back 1 from 12.
What You Learned
- You can start counting from any number.
- You can count forwards or backwards.
- Say each number as you go.