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How Many Dots? is a free printable Kindergarten math worksheet on counting a scattered set of up to ten dots, aligned to Common Core standard K.CC.A.3. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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How Many Dots?

K.CC.A.3

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Count the dots. Write how many.

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Count each one once. How many?
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Count each one once. How many?
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Count each one once. How many?
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Count each one once. How many?
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Count each one once. How many?
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Count each one once. How many?

LessonPrint · K.CC.A.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — How Many Dots?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.8
  2. 2.6
  3. 3.10
  4. 4.1
  5. 5.7
  6. 6.5

Questions about How Many Dots?

What does the How Many Dots? worksheet cover?

It practices counting a scattered set of up to ten dots — 6 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core K.CC.A.3: Write the numerals 0 to 20 and use them to show how many things there are. The instruction to students is “Count the dots. Write how many”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does How Many Dots? practice?

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.3 — K.CC.A.3, under Counting & Cardinality for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

How Many Dots? is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K.CC.A.3, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does How Many Dots? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 6 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of How Many Dots? can I print?

25 versions, of which 23 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two students still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.

Is How Many Dots? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. How Many Dots?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

More practice for K.CC.A.3

Write the numerals 0 to 20 and use them to show how many things there are.

All Kindergarten worksheets

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K.CC.A.3 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.