What is the Missing Number worksheet for sustained attention in children?

A worksheet where children identify missing numbers to complete sequences, designed to practice sustained attention and numerical recognition.

How does this worksheet train sustained attention in children?

By requiring continuous focus to locate and fill missing numbers across sequences, increasing time-on-task as sequences and omissions grow.

What difficulty levels does the Missing Number worksheet offer?

Five levels: basic, easy, medium, difficult, and advanced; higher levels include longer sequences and more missing numbers to raise difficulty.

In what formats is the Missing Number worksheet available?

Available in digital format and printable paper format for use in classrooms, therapy sessions, or home practice.

Which languages support the Missing Number worksheet?

Digital version: Spanish, English, French, Catalan, Italian, Norwegian and Portuguese. Paper version: Spanish, English and French.

Is there an adult version of the Missing Number activity?

Yes. The adult version, 'Find the missing numbers', uses larger number tables and greater complexity to target sustained attention in adults.

Worksheet for developing sustained attention in children: The Missing Number

Today we present a new worksheet to work on sustained attention in children called The Missing Number.

What does this worksheet for working on sustained attention in children involve?

This activity consists of identifying the numbers that are missing to complete the sequence.

Below, we show you a video of this children’s activity for working on sustained attention:

NeuronUP Activities - The Missing Number

What does this activity train?

The objective of this worksheet is for children to find the missing numbers to complete a sequence.

By performing this task we are training sustained attention, aiming for children to keep their focus on searching for the numbers over an extended period of time.

As the level increases, the time required to maintain attention (sustained attention) increases, since the sequences contain a larger number of numbers and more missing numbers.

Application in daily life

This activity is very beneficial for everyday situations, such as schoolwork, which require longer periods of attention as we progress in our education.

Play by levels

This activity is organized into five difficulty levels: basic, easy, medium, difficult and advanced. As the level increases, the difficulty rises.

Format

This worksheet for working on sustained attention in children can be used in both digital format and on paper.

Languages

This activity is available to work on in different languages depending on its format.

Users who want to make use of its digital version can find it in Spanish, English, French, Catalan, Italian, Norwegian and Portuguese. Those who prefer the paper version have it available in Spanish, English and French.

Adult version

The Missing Number is the children’s version of the adult activity Find the missing numbers, in which users have to find the numbers that are missing in a table full of numbers.