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== Counting Forwards To 10 & Backwards From 10 ==
When counting forwards to [[ten]] it's important to remember the order is always the same.

The order is:

[[One|1]], [[Two|2]], [[Three|3]], [[Four|4]], [[Five|5]], [[Six|6]], [[Seven|7]], [[Eight|8]], [[Nine|9]], [[Ten|10]]

When we count backwards from 10 the order is reversed, the backwards order is:

[[Ten|10]], [[Nine|9]], [[Eight|8]], [[Seven|7]], [[Six|6]], [[Five|5]], [[Four|4]], [[Three|3]], [[Two|2]], [[One|1]]

== Counting Forwards & Backwards From Any Given Number ==
We don't have to start a forwards count from [[One|1]] or backwards count from [[Ten|10]], we can choose any [[number]] and count on from there. Remember whenever we count, the order never changes.