Skill: Count backward from 100

To count backward, say the numbers in order from larger to smaller. Each number is 1 less than the number before it.

On a number line, counting backward means moving one step to the left.

Example: Count backward from $100$ to $95$.

1. Start at $100$.
2. Move back one number: $100 - 1 = 99$.
3. Keep taking away $1$ each time:

$$100,\ 99,\ 98,\ 97,\ 96,\ 95$$

Notice that after $100$ comes $99$. The hundreds digit changes because there are no numbers between $100$ and $99$.

So, counting backward from $100$ to $95$ gives:

$$\boxed{100,\ 99,\ 98,\ 97,\ 96,\ 95}$$