I Can Count By Tens to 100 Worksheet

This I Can Count By Tens to 100 Worksheet gives kindergarten students two ways to practice skip counting by tens all the way to one hundred. Counting by tens is the bridge between counting one at a time and understanding place value: once a child sees that ten ones make one ten, the numbers 10, 20, 30 stop being a memorized song and start meaning something. This page keeps both ideas side by side, so the counting and the meaning grow together.

The sheet has two parts. In the first part, students look at groups of base-ten rods, count them by tens, and write the number in the box. Each rod is drawn as ten unit squares, so a child can check the count by touching each square if they need to. In the second part, students fill in the missing numbers in two by-tens number lines that run from 10 to 100, which asks them to hold the pattern in their head instead of reading it off a chart. This kindergarten skip counting worksheet works as a warm-up, a math center task, a quick check before a place-value unit, or homework, and the answer key on the last page makes it fast to check.

What’s Included

• One printable worksheet page with a Name and Date line
• Part 1: three groups of base-ten rods to count by tens, with a large answer box for each
• Part 2: two by-tens number lines from 10 to 100 with four missing numbers to fill in
• Large, kindergarten-sized numerals and answer boxes with room to write
• A complete answer key showing every number filled in

Three Reasons This Helps Kids

• Counting rods that are visibly made of ten squares ties the spoken count to a real quantity, so ten stops being just a word.
• Writing 20, 40, and 30 out of order stops a child from answering the page from memory instead of from the picture.
• Filling in missing numbers builds the pattern thinking that later carries addition, subtraction, and place value.

Ideas for Teachers and Parents

Count each group out loud together the first time, touching one rod per number, then let students finish the page on their own. Snap-together cubes or bundles of ten straws make a good hands-on partner activity before the page. Afterward, ask students what comes after 100 if the counting keeps going. At home, this I Can Count By Tens to 100 Worksheet pairs well with counting stairs, fingers, or pennies in piles of ten, and it takes only a few minutes.

Related Resources

• Skip Count by Tens Worksheet
• I Can Count to 100 Worksheet
• Count Tens and Ones Worksheet
• Counting By Tens Song