Dragon's High Fives – Counting in Fives Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Give high fives to the dragon while counting in fives up to 40. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with counting in fives, with a friendly dragon 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: Counting hands (five fingers each) up to 30.
• Activity B: A train counting 5, 10, 15 ... 40.
• Activity C: Colouring every fifth number on a 1 to 40 grid.
• Activity D: What comes next counting in fives.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Count in fives to 50
• Link five fingers on a hand to counting in fives
• Spot the pattern of fives on a number grid
• Say the next number when skip counting

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 dragon when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in the IB PYP Number strand: skip counting in fives and finding patterns in the five times table. Answer key included.