Elephant's Countdown Parade – Counting Backward Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

March with the elephant and count backward from 10 and from other numbers up to 20. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with counting backward, with a friendly elephant to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and footer, and a teacher answer key on page 2.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 4 activities worth 13 marks in total:

• Activity A: A staircase counting down from 10 with missing steps.
• Activity B: Numbers that come before and between (counting back).
• Activity C: Two backward-hop problems on a 1 to 20 number line.
• Activity D: Counting objects as a start for counting back.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Count backward in ones from 20
• Say the number that comes before
• Hop backward on a number line
• Link counting back to groups of objects

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Mark with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the elephant when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in the IB PYP Number strand: counting back, countdowns and finding the number before. Answer key included.