Mouse's Cheese Fives – Counting in Fives Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Nibble through a cheesy fives adventure with the little mouse. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with counting in fives, with a friendly mouse 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: Stepping stones counting 5 to 50.
• Activity B: Counting tally marks in fives.
• Activity C: A connect-the-dots picture counting in fives.
• Activity D: Matching multiples of five to groups of hands.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Count in fives to 50
• Read tally marks in groups of five
• Join dots by counting in fives
• Match multiples of five to groups

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 mouse 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.