Know Your Numbers: Positions in a Sequence (1)

In this worksheet, students work out the positions of numbers from the instructions.

Key stage: KS 1

Curriculum topic: Number: Number and Place Value

Curriculum subtopic: Order/Compare Numbers to 100

Difficulty level:

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Worksheet Overview

In this worksheet, you must write the positions of numbers in a list.

Look at this sequence of numbers.

2 4 6 8 10 12 14

We number them off using 1 2 3 4 etc.

2	4	6	8	10	12	14
1	2	3	4	5	6	7

But it is better to use the words...

First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh

or the symbols

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th

2	4	6	8	10	12	14
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th

2 is the 1st number in the sequence.

6 is the 3rd number in the sequence.

14 is the 7th number in the sequence.

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