The Last Number Tells How Many is a free printable Kindergarten maths worksheet on cardinality — the final count word is the total, aligned to Common Core standard K.CC.B.4. It prints 5 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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.
K.CC.B.4
Count the shapes. Write how many.
LessonPrint · K.CC.B.4 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises cardinality — the final count word is the total — 5 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core K.CC.B.4: Know that the last number you say when counting tells you how many there are. The instruction to pupils is “Count the shapes. Write how many”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4 — K.CC.B.4, in the Counting & Cardinality domain for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
The Last Number Tells How Many is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K.CC.B.4, 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 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Yes. The Last Number Tells How Many, 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.
Yes — “Counting Tells You How Many” is a 30-minute Kindergarten plan for K.CC.B.4, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. The Last Number Tells How Many is the practice that follows it.
Know that the last number you say when counting tells you how many there are.
Teaching this next? Counting Tells You How Many is the 30-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K.CC.B.4 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.