Count Objects to 100
💯 Welcome to the big leagues! Counting to 100 takes time, but if you break your objects into neat little groups, it goes much faster.
Do this: Read the concept below, then try the quiz or activity.
Concept
100 is a gigantic number for a first grader! If you count a big pile of 100 pennies one by one, you might lose your place. Let's count smarter!
🎯 The Grouping Strategy: When you have a big pile of objects, organize them! 1. Piles of 10: Count out 10 pennies and make a little pile. 2. Keep Going: Make another pile of 10. And another! 3. Count the Piles by 10s: Now you can skip count the piles! "10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100!" 4. The Leftovers: If you have pennies that don't make a perfect 10-bundle, just count them by ones at the end. (e.g. 10, 20, 30... 31, 32, 33).
This is why tally marks use bundles of 5! Grouping makes our brains work faster.
Try it
Count the big piles!
Instructions: Imagine the grouped objects to find the total.
Problem 1: You have a bunch of jellybeans. You put them into cups. Each cup perfectly holds 10 jellybeans. You fill 4 cups. How many jellybeans do you have? * Count by tens 4 times: "10, 20, 30, ___" * Answer: ___ jellybeans.
Problem 2: You make 6 piles of blocks. Each pile has 10 blocks. Count by tens 6 times! * Answer: ___ blocks.
Problem 3: You roll pennies. You have 3 rolls of pennies (10 pennies per roll). You also have 4 single pennies left over. * 3 rolls of ten is 30. (30) * Count on the extra 4 singles by one: "31, 32, 33..." * Answer: ___ pennies in total.
Problem 4: How many piles of 10 do you need to reach exactly 100? * Answer: ___ piles.