Ordinal Numbers — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Five kids line up. Ana is 1st. Ben is right after Ana. Who is 2nd?
A) Ben
B) Ana
C) Cara
D) Dan
Ana is 1st, so the person right after her, Ben, is in 2nd.
2. If Tom is 3rd in line and one kid moves in front, Tom is now ___.
A) 3rd
B) 4th
C) 2nd
D) 1st
A new person in front moves Tom from 3rd to 4th in line.
3. In a row of 6, who is in the very middle position closer to start?
A) 1st
B) 2nd
C) 3rd
D) 6th
In a row of six, the third is the middle position toward start.
4. Sara is 5th. The person right behind her is in which place?
A) 3rd
B) 4th
C) 5th
D) 6th
Right behind 5th is the 6th place, the next ordinal back.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. If 4 kids stand in line, the last one is the fourth kid.
With four kids, the last child is in the fourth position.
2. Tom is 2nd. If two more kids cut in front of him, Tom is fourth.
Tom moves from 2nd to 3rd to 4th when two cut in front.
3. If 1st gets a red sticker and the 3rd gets blue, the 2nd is in the second spot.
Between first and third is second, so the spot is the second.
4. After 8th comes ninth in counting.
After eighth in ordinal order, the next number is the ninth.
5. The 10th in line is the tenth kid in counting.
Ten as an ordinal is written and read as tenth in the line.