NumihanaContinue: 14/10, 13/10, 12/10, .
Answer: ________________
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Count tenths backwards.
Count tenths backwards
Numihana · England Year 3
Count tenths backwards
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Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Count tenths backwards
Continue: 5/10, 4/10, 3/10, .
Answer: ________________
Continue: 10/10, 9/10, 8/10, .
Answer: ________________
Continue: 9/10, 8/10, 7/10, .
Answer: ________________
Continue: 6/10, 5/10, 4/10, .
Answer: ________________
Continue: 12/10, 11/10, 10/10, .
Answer: ________________
Numihana · England Year 3
Count tenths backwards
Answer key
Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Count tenths backwards
Continue: 14/10, 13/10, 12/10, .
Answer: 11/10
Continue: 5/10, 4/10, 3/10, .
Answer: 1/5
Continue: 10/10, 9/10, 8/10, .
Answer: 7/10
Continue: 9/10, 8/10, 7/10, .
Answer: 3/5
Continue: 6/10, 5/10, 4/10, .
Answer: 3/10
Continue: 12/10, 11/10, 10/10, .
Answer: 9/10
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Count tenths backwards
Department for Education: mathematics programmes of study ↗
Year 3 → Number → Fractions · Selected statutory skill. Pack 2.2.0 · source checked 2026-10-12.
For teachers and parents
Each step adds or removes one equal part. Keep the denominator fixed; a numerator equal to the denominator makes one whole.
A common slip
Counting past a whole does not change the size of each part.
Worked example
Continue: 4/10, 3/10, 2/10, .
Answer: 1/10
Each step adds or removes one equal part. Keep the denominator fixed; a numerator equal to the denominator makes one whole.