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What number comes before

Foundation maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Count back one to find the number that comes right before.

  1. Kai thinks: What number comes just before 3?
  2. Ben wonders: What number comes just before 4?
  3. Ana asks: What number comes just before 1?
  4. Omar says: What number comes just before 2?
  5. Dara says: What number comes just before 10?
  6. Ivy thinks: What number comes just before 2?
  7. Fay says: What number comes just before 9?
  8. Ben says: What number comes just before 3?
  9. Hana thinks: What number comes just before 13?
  10. Lia says: What number comes just before 17?
  11. Hana wonders: What number comes just before 14?
  12. Pia wonders: What number comes just before 9?
  13. Gus thinks: What number comes just before 39?
  14. Ivy thinks: What number comes just before 24?
  15. Kai thinks: What number comes just before 24?
  16. Mo says: What number comes just before 20?
  17. Eli thinks: What number comes just before 63?
  18. Omar asks: What number comes just before 46?
  19. Ivy says: What number comes just before 59?
  20. Chen thinks: What number comes just before 84?
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Play it as a quiz game

20 of these questions as multiple choice, with near-miss wrong answers, ready for Kahoot or Blooket.

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Answer key: What number comes before

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 0
  4. 1
  5. 9
  6. 1
  7. 8
  8. 2
  9. 12
  10. 16
  11. 13
  12. 8
  13. 38
  14. 23
  15. 23
  16. 19
  17. 62
  18. 45
  19. 58
  20. 83