Kindergarten · Math · Challenge
Free Missing Numbers to 20 worksheet - version 19
Find numbers missing from short counting sequences. This printable version includes 12 grade-appropriate questions and a separate answer sheet.
Missing Numbers to 20
Kindergarten · Stretch challenge · 12 questions · Version PG-1WGXP2L-R8EM
1.17, __, 19
2.What number comes after 5?
3.2, __, 4
4.What number comes after 2?
5.What number comes after 9?
6.16, __, 18
7.What number comes after 7?
8.10, __, 12
9.What number comes after 12?
10.5, __, 7
11.What number comes after 11?
12.14, __, 16
Answers and teaching notes
Use the answers to check the work after the learner finishes. For writing prompts, the guide describes what a strong response should include.
Show answers for version 19
- 17, __, 1918
- What number comes after 5?6
- 2, __, 43
- What number comes after 2?3
- What number comes after 9?10
- 16, __, 1817
- What number comes after 7?8
- 10, __, 1211
- What number comes after 12?13
- 5, __, 76
- What number comes after 11?12
- 14, __, 1615
Worked example
8, __, 10. Count from 8: 8, 9, 10.
Common mistake
Writing the number after the sequence instead of the number in the blank.
Helpful hint
Count aloud across the whole sequence.