Counting Backwards

On Number Lines and Grids

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Game

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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 neededper math partnership

Included: set of game cards with answers if needed for differentiation.

10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

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.

Good Work!

-1 0-2-3-4-5 1 2 3 4 5

Count backwards

from 4 by 2's

First, move the bee to show counts. Press the spacebar to move the circles over the answers.

Very good!

10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Now, let's try countingback by 2's from 17.

Move the heart, and then press the spacebar to move the

hexagons around the answers.

Goodwork!

10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Now, try counting back

by 5's, starting at 20.

Point the heartat the numbers, then press the

spacebar to put the rhombus shapes around the

answers.

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, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____

70 6080 90100 50 40

So good!

Count back by 10's from 63Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the

numbers, and arrange the numbers below.

63, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____43 13 333 2353

Very good!

Count back by 5's from 57Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below.

57, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____27 32 47 523722 42

YES!

Count back by 3's from 88Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below.

88, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____82737067 7976 85

Way to go!

Count back by 4's from 110Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below.

110, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____10690 86 82102 94 98

Sweet!

Count back by 3's from 99Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below.

99, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____788487 9081 93 96

Super!

Count back by 2's from 119Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below.

119, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____

109 115 117105 111113107

Team Hearts Team Valentines

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.