Patterns in the hundreds chart
Down a column every number grows by ten; along a row, by one. Filling in missing numbers makes children use those patterns instead of counting from 1 every time.More counting
Try skip counting and number lines.NCF and NCERT links
- Class 1The NCF-FS (C-8.3) has children counting forwards and backwards from any number up to 99 and noticing the pattern of tens.
- Class 2Children read and write numbers to 99 using tens and ones, and skip count in 2s or 3s.
- NIPUN BharatNIPUN Bharat’s Class 1 target is to read and write numbers up to 99.
The NCF-FS counting goals run to 99 by the end of Class 2, and NIPUN Bharat sets 99 as the Class 1 target, so the 1 to 100 chart is the natural choice in India. The 1 to 120 chart goes beyond what Indian books ask for and is best kept as extra challenge.
Ask children to colour every number ending in 5 or 0, then talk about the columns they see. That pattern of tens is what the place value work in Class 2 builds on.
Summarised in our own words from the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCERT, 2022) and the NIPUN Bharat guidelines (Ministry of Education, 2021).
