Grade 1 · Math

Count in fives

LET’S TRY ONE

What comes next: 5, 10, 15, ___?

20

15 plus the step of 5 is 20.

Your turn!
Learning steps & teaching tips

Continue sequences that increase by five.

  1. Use groups of five objects to connect each jump with a quantity.
  2. Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
  3. Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.

Try it together

Write or draw your own example with different numbers. Solve it, then ask a partner to check the method as well as the answer.

Use groups of five objects to connect each jump with a quantity.