How Many Dots? is a free printable Kindergarten maths worksheet on counting a scattered set in a second representation, aligned to Common Core standard K.CC.A.3. It prints 5 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with different questions, so no two pupils 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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Count the dots. Write how many.
LessonPrint · K.CC.A.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises counting a scattered set in a second representation — 5 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 pupils is “Count the dots. Write how many”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.3 — K.CC.A.3, in the Counting & Cardinality domain 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.
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 pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 5 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.
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 pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
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.
Write the numerals 0 to 20 and use them to show how many things there are.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K.CC.A.3 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.