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Counting Backwards
On Number Lines
and Grids
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Skip Counting Backwards
by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s,
and 10’s Valentine’s Math Game
6-sided die or spinner to 6 needed
per math partnership
Included: set of game cards with answers if needed for differentiation.
Count back from 8
by 3's
First, try counting silently in your
head. Then move the heart on the
number line and show your thinking.
The circles will show the answers by
pressing the spacebar in slide show
mode.
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1
0
1
2
3
4
5 6
7
8
9 10
Good
Work!
Count
backwards
from 4 by 2's
First, move the bee to show counts.
Press the spacebar to move the
circles over the answers.
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
Very
good!
Now, let's try counting
back by 2's from 17.
Move the heart, and
then press the spacebar to move the
hexagons around the answers.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Good
work!
Now, try counting back
by 5's, starting at 20.
Point the heart
at the numbers, then press the spacebar to
put the rhombus shapes around the
answers.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Very
good
answers!
Count back by 10's from 110 to 40
Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers,
and arrange the numbers below.
110, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
80 100
90 70
50 60
40
So good!
Count back by 10's from 63
Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers,
and arrange the numbers below.
63, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
53
43
33
13
3
23
Very good!
Count back by 5's from 57
Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the
numbers, and arrange the numbers below.
57, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
22
27
32
37
42
47
52
YES!
Count back by 3's from 88
Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the
numbers, and arrange the numbers below.
88, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
85
67 70 73
76
79
82
Way to go!
Count back by 4's from 110
Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the
numbers, and arrange the numbers below.
110, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
86 102
94
90
82
98 106
Sweet!
Count back by 3's from 99
Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the
numbers, and arrange the numbers below.
99, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
87
81
90
84
93 78
96
Super!
Count back by 2's from 119
Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the
numbers, and arrange the numbers below.
119, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
105
109
115
107
113 111
117
Directions: Cut apart game cards and hearts points. Divide the class or group into two
teams. Pick from icons below for team moving pieces.
Teams or players take turns rolling a number, moving ahead that many, and following the
directions or solving the counting back math problem. First game, the most hearts points
wins. Second game, the least hearts points wins.
Team Hearts
Team Valentines