Name: __________________

We use ORDINAL NUMBERS to tell the positions of

people or things that are in order.
1st ‒ first 7th ‒ seventh 13th ‒ thirteenth 19th ‒ nineteenth
2nd ‒ second 8th ‒ eighth 14th ‒ fourteenth 20th ‒ twentieth
3rd ‒ third 9th ‒ ninth 15th ‒ fifteenth 21st ‒ twenty-first
4th ‒ fourth 10th ‒ tenth 16th ‒ sixteenth 22nd ‒ twenty-second
5th ‒ fifth 11th ‒ eleventh 17th ‒ seventeenth 23rd ‒ twenty-third
6th - sixth 12th ‒ twelfth 18th ‒ eighteenth 24th ‒ twenty-fourth

The horse is first in line.

The sheep is second in line.
The puppy is third in line.
The calf is fourth in line.
The pig is fifth in line.
The farmer is sixth in line.
The duck is seventh in line.

Look at the word to answer the questions.

1.  In which position is the letter G?

2.  Which letter is sixth?

3.  Which letter is 12th?

4.  Write a word with T in the second position.

Rachel

Look at the line of children playing Follow

Mark
the Leader. Rachel is the leader.

1.  Who is in tenth place? ________

Liz

Ryan 2.  Which place is Tom in ? ________

Lexi 3.  In which position is the last person in

line? ________
Ben

4.  If Rachel goes to the end of the line,

Mary
which place is Lexi now in? ________
Jim
5.  If Randy moves ahead in front of Eric,
Suzi
what place is she in now? ________
Eric
6.  If Jim and Lou leave the line, what place
Lou would Mindy be in? _______

Randy 7.  If Liz became the new line leader and

Rachel and Mark left the line, what place
Mindy
would Ben be in? ________
Tom
8.  If Randy and Mindy left the line and Toni
became the new line leader, what place
Toni
would the last person in line be?
________
 Johny drew pictures of his favorite things.
The first thing he drew was an airplane.
1.  Name the position of each item in word form.
Airplane- ___________ Diet Coke- ___________
Chocolate bar- ___________ Guinea Pig- ____________
Ice Cream- ____________ Spider- ____________
Dinosaur- ____________ Birthday Cake- ___________
Candy- ____________
2.  If Johny decides he doesn’t like chocolate bars anymore and erases
it from his list, how does that change the positions of the other
things on his list?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Critical Thinking:
If you are the tenth person in line, how many people are before
you? ____________________________________________________
Can you tell how many people are after you? Why or why not?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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Directions:
Find the missing numbers and tell what number you are skip counting
by.
Counting by: ____
1.  20, 22, , , , 30,

2.  60, , , 90, , , 120 Counting by: ____

3.  15, , , 30, , 40 Counting by: ____

Counting by: ____

4.  , , 40, 45, , , 60

Counting by: ____

5.  5, 7, 9, , , , 17

Frank spots 6 cardinals while bird
watching in the morning He spots some
sparrows in the afternoon. He spotted
14 birds in all. How many sparrows did
he spot?
Mary finds that the garden snake she
has been studying grew 2 inches. The
last time she measured, it was 5 inches
long. What operation can you use to find
how long Mary’s snake is now?

Jenny volunteers three days a week
at the SPCA. She works eight hours
on Monday, ten hours on Tuesday, and
eight hours on Thursday. How many
hours does Jenny work in all?
Mr. Jones is repairing a fence at the
local animal shelter. He has a wooden
board 15 feet long. He needs a 7 foot
board. How many feet does he need to
cut off to make the repair in the fence?