Printable number sequences

How do I make printable number sequence worksheets?

This page builds number sequence worksheets. You pick the type, counting by 1s, skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, before and after, ordering from least to greatest and back, or even and odd, and the limit, up to 20, 50, 100 or 1000. Every tap makes a new sheet, with an answer key.

How to use it

1. Pick the type: by 1s, skip counting, before and after, ordering or even and odd.
2. Pick the limit: up to 20, up to 50, up to 100 or up to 1000.
3. Tap Make a new sheet until you find one you like.
4. Tick the answer option if you also want to print the answer key.
5. Tap Print the sheet. In the print window, keep the scale at 100% (or choose Fit to page on Letter paper).

The five types

• By 1s: a path of squares that starts at 1 and goes to 20, 50 or 100, with blank squares to fill in. Up to 1000, there are trains with seven numbers in a row, some of them crossing from one hundred to the next.
• Skip counting: six trains. The engine shows the jump, such as +2, +5 or +10, and the cars carry the sequence. The last two trains go backward, with −2, −5 or −10.
• Before and after: sixteen numbers, each one between two empty boxes. The child writes the number before and the number after.
• Ordering: five numbers out of order in each row. The child writes them from least to greatest in four rows and from greatest to least in the other four.
• Even and odd: two grids of twenty numbers. In the first one the child colors the boxes of the even numbers. In the second, the child circles the odd ones.

How to read the sheets

• On the path of squares, the road shows the order: each row runs the opposite way, in a zigzag.
• On the trains, the sequence starts in the car next to the engine. The first number is always shown.
• In skip counting, the first two cars come filled in, so the child can check the jump before going on.
• Everything prints in black and white. No sheet needs color to be understood.
• The bottom of the sheet shows the type, the limit and the sheet number, so you can match the answer key.

Ideas for using it

• Read the sequence out loud with the child, pointing at each square.
• In skip counting, use a number line or fingers to check how far it is from one car to the next.
• After the even and odd sheet, ask the child what the colored numbers have in common.
• Print the same option with another sheet number to practice without repeating the exercises.

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