Counting Forward from Any Number
Practice starting to count from numbers other than 1.
🎯 What You'll Learn
You will learn to start counting from any number, not just from 1. This skill is very useful when you are adding more items to a group.
🏪 Market Story
Amina is helping her mother count garri in cups. Her mother has already counted 23 cups. A new bag arrives with more garri. Her mother says, "Start counting from 23." Amina continues: "24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32." Now they have 32 cups of garri!
📝 Let's Learn
You don't always have to start counting from 1. If you already know how many you have, just continue from that number. This is called counting on.
Example 1: Start at 15 and count 4 more: 16, 17, 18, 19.
Example 2: Start at 47 and count 5 more: 48, 49, 50, 51, 52. Notice how we crossed over 50!
Example 3: Bola has 56 beads. She gets 6 more. She counts on: 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62. She now has 62 beads.
Tip: When you count on, don't count the starting number. If you start at 15 and count 3 more, say "16, 17, 18" — not "15, 16, 17."
✏️ Practice Questions
- Start at 28 and count on 4 more. What number do you reach?
- Emeka has 35 groundnuts. He gets 7 more. What number does he reach by counting on?
- Start at 96 and count on 5 more. What number do you reach?
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- You reach 32. Count: 29, 30, 31, 32.
- Emeka reaches 42. Count: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42.
- You reach 101. Count: 97, 98, 99, 100, 101. You went past 100!
💡 Remember
Counting on means starting from a number you already know and continuing forward. It saves time because you don't have to count everything from the beginning!