Printable 120 Chart (1–120)
The 120 chart is the hundreds chart with two more rows — and those rows do real work. First-grade standards ask students to count to 120 precisely so that 100 stops feeling like the end of the number line; seeing 101, 102, 103 march along in the same grid makes the point without a lecture. Download the filled chart as a reference, or the blank version for fill-in practice.
The 120 Chart at a Glance
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
| 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 |
| 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 |
| 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 |
| 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 |
| 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 |
| 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 |
How to Use a 120 Chart
Use it like a hundreds chart, but linger on the bottom rows. Start counts from awkward places — "start at 97 and count on" — and watch students cross the 100 boundary without flinching. Every pattern survives the crossing: a step down still adds ten (103 sits directly above 113), and the shaded decade column keeps marking the tens all the way to 120.
On the blank chart, fill rows 101–120 first, since that is the new territory, then complete the rest a row at a time. Pair it with the counting practice game for fluency, and with the place value guide when you want the why behind the columns — three-digit numbers are the same tens-and-ones story, one digit longer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does the chart go to 120 instead of 100?
First-grade standards (Common Core 1.NBT.A.1) expect counting to 120 so students learn that the pattern continues past 100. Stopping at 100 can leave the impression that numbers end there; the extra rows show three-digit numbers following the exact same tens-and-ones rhythm.
What grade uses a 120 chart?
Mostly 1st grade, where counting to 120 is the standard, with kindergarten using the early rows and 2nd grade using it for review and mental-math hops. It replaces the hundreds chart wherever counting past 100 is the goal.
What can I do with a blank 120 chart?
The classic exercise is filling it in from memory, but targeted versions work better: fill only rows 101-120, fill only the shaded decade column, or write a few scattered numbers and ask which numbers live above, below, and beside them.