← Back to Grade 1 Math

Term pack

Grade 1 Math

Name: ________________________

Skills in this pack

  • Counting to 20
  • Counting to 50
  • Adding within 10
  • Taking away within 10
  • Zero
  • Adding and taking away within 20
  • Longer, shorter, heavier, lighter
  • Day, night and the days of the week
  • Reading a picture graph
  • Shapes around us
  • Where things are

Free at www.arenapublications.com/learn — no account, no ads, ever.

Grade 1 Math · 1 of 11

Counting to 20

Count forwards to 20 and say which number comes next.

Before you start

Have a wander along the line. Nothing here is right or wrong.

02468101214161820

Every step to the right is exactly one more than the step before.

  1. 1.What number comes after 15?

  2. 2.Put these numbers in order, smallest first.

    • 13
    • 6
    • 18
    • 9

  3. 3.Which is the biggest number?

    • a) 9
    • b) 11
    • c) 15
    • d) 12

  4. 4.Tap 14 on the line.

    Mark the line with an X.

    02468101214161820

  5. 5.Put these numbers in order, smallest first.

    • 5
    • 3
    • 11
    • 8

  6. 6.Start at 12 and count on 5. Tap where you land.

    Mark the line with an X.

    02468101214161820

  7. 7.How many stars? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

    • a) 7
    • b) 6
    • c) 8
    • d) 9

  8. 8.What number comes before 12?

    • a) 11
    • b) 20
    • c) 10
    • d) 13

Counting to 20 · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 2 of 11

Counting to 50

Count on to 50, and say which of two numbers is bigger.

Before you start

Have a wander along the line between 20 and 50. Nothing here is right or wrong.

20253035404550

Every time the ones reach nine, the very next number opens a new ten.

  1. 1.Which number is the smallest?

    • a) 35
    • b) 25
    • c) 45
    • d) 15

  2. 2.Put these numbers in order, smallest first.

    • 36
    • 46
    • 16
    • 26

  3. 3.Which number is missing? 46, 47, __, 49

  4. 4.Sort each number by whether it is less than 25 or more than 25.

    Groups: Less than 25 · More than 25

    • 19
    • 12
    • 31
    • 47
    • 26
    • 8

  5. 5.What number comes after 29?

    • a) 30
    • b) 20
    • c) 28
    • d) 40

  6. 6.Match each number to the number that comes just after it.

    • 9
    • 19
    • 29
    • 39
    • 10
    • 20
    • 30
    • 40

  7. 7.Tap 38 on the line.

    Mark the line with an X.

    20253035404550

  8. 8.Put these numbers in order, smallest first.

    • 34
    • 21
    • 43
    • 12

Counting to 50 · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 3 of 11

Adding within 10

Add two small numbers with a total of 10 or less.

  1. 1.Which sum has the same answer as 3 + 5?

    • a) 5 + 5
    • b) 8 + 3
    • c) 5 + 3
    • d) 3 + 4

  2. 2.Sort each sum by whether the answer is less than 6 or more than 6.

    Groups: Less than 6 · More than 6

    • 3 + 0
    • 5 + 2
    • 6 + 3
    • 2 + 2
    • 3 + 5
    • 1 + 4

  3. 3.3 + 4 = ?

  4. 4.0 + 5 = ?

  5. 5.7 + 3 = ?

  6. 6.4 + 2 = ?

  7. 7.2 + 6 = ?

  8. 8.Put these sums in order, smallest answer first.

    • 2 + 1
    • 6 + 4
    • 3 + 3
    • 5 + 3

Adding within 10 · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 4 of 11

Taking away within 10

Take a small number away from 10 or less.

Before you start

Have a wander along the line. See how far each number sits from zero.

012345678910

Taking away walks you to the left, one step for every one you take.

  1. 1.10 - 7 = ?

  2. 2.9 - 4 = ?

  3. 3.Start at 10 and jump back 6. Tap where you land.

    Mark the line with an X.

    012345678910

  4. 4.8 - 6 = ?

  5. 5.Put these take aways in order, smallest answer first.

    • 10 - 2
    • 7 - 5
    • 8 - 3
    • 9 - 8

  6. 6.Start at 8 and jump back 3. Tap where you land.

    Mark the line with an X.

    012345678910

  7. 7.Match each take away to its answer.

    • 9 - 2
    • 8 - 3
    • 7 - 1
    • 6 - 4
    • 2
    • 6
    • 7
    • 5

  8. 8.5 - 5 = ?

Taking away within 10 · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 5 of 11

Zero

Use zero as the number for nothing at all, and add or take away zero.

  1. 1.A box has no pencils in it. What number shows how many?

    • a) 10
    • b) 1
    • c) 6
    • d) 0

  2. 2.Sort each sum by whether the answer is zero or not zero.

    Groups: Answer is 0 · Answer is not 0

    • 7 - 7
    • 0 + 2
    • 0 + 0
    • 8 - 0
    • 5 - 5
    • 6 - 1

  3. 3.0 + 8 = ?

  4. 4.7 - 0 = ?

  5. 5.5 + 0 = ?

  6. 6.9 - 9 = ?

  7. 7.Put these numbers in order, smallest first.

    • 2
    • 5
    • 9
    • 0

  8. 8.10 - 10 = ?

    • a) 20
    • b) 1
    • c) 10
    • d) 0

Zero · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 6 of 11

Adding and taking away within 20

Add and take away with numbers up to 20, going past ten on the way.

  1. 1.Start at 9 and jump on 7. Tap where you land.

    Mark the line with an X.

    02468101214161820

  2. 2.What do you add to 8 to make 15?

    • a) 6
    • b) 7
    • c) 5
    • d) 9

  3. 3.Put these sums in order, smallest answer first.

    • 11 - 8
    • 9 + 0
    • 9 + 9
    • 8 + 6

  4. 4.7 + 7 = ?

  5. 5.13 - 4 = ?

  6. 6.8 + 5 = ?

  7. 7.Start at 15 and jump back 8. Tap where you land.

    Mark the line with an X.

    02468101214161820

  8. 8.9 + 6 = ?

Adding and taking away within 20 · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 7 of 11

Longer, shorter, heavier, lighter

Compare two things side by side and say which is longer, shorter, heavier or lighter.

Before you start

This balance has a weight on each side and three spare weights below it. Try to make the two sides match, and watch the beam while you do.

35123

The side that goes down is always the heavier side, and the beam only sits level when the two sides weigh the same.

  1. 1.Tap the tallest tree.

    Write the number of the part.

    123

  2. 2.Write the opposite of 'heavier'.

  3. 3.The balance has tipped. Tap the lighter bag.

    Write the number of the part.

    12

  4. 4.Put these in order, lightest first.

    • A car
    • A book
    • A pencil
    • A feather

  5. 5.Tap the longer ribbon.

    Write the number of the part.

    12

  6. 6.Which is lighter, a stone or a feather?

    • a) A school bag
    • b) A stone
    • c) A brick
    • d) A feather

  7. 7.Sort each thing by whether it is lighter or heavier than a school bag.

    Groups: Lighter than a school bag · Heavier than a school bag

    • An elephant
    • A pencil
    • A car
    • A feather
    • A leaf
    • A table

  8. 8.Which is longer, a bus or a bicycle?

    • a) A pencil
    • b) A bus
    • c) A shoe
    • d) A bicycle

Longer, shorter, heavier, lighter · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 8 of 11

Day, night and the days of the week

Name the days of the week in order and say what happens by day and by night.

  1. 1.Put these days in order, starting with Friday.

    • Saturday
    • Friday
    • Monday
    • Sunday

  2. 2.Match each day to the day that comes before it.

    • Tuesday
    • Thursday
    • Sunday
    • Saturday
    • Monday
    • Wednesday

  3. 3.You wake up and the sun is coming up. What time of day is it?

    • a) Midnight
    • b) Night
    • c) Evening
    • d) Morning

  4. 4.Which day comes before Sunday?

    • a) Friday
    • b) Tuesday
    • c) Saturday
    • d) Monday

  5. 5.Which day comes after Tuesday?

    • a) Wednesday
    • b) Thursday
    • c) Sunday
    • d) Monday

  6. 6.How many days are there in a week?

  7. 7.Today is Monday. What day was it yesterday?

    • a) Saturday
    • b) Friday
    • c) Sunday
    • d) Tuesday

  8. 8.Put these days in order, starting with Monday.

    • Wednesday
    • Friday
    • Tuesday
    • Thursday
    • Monday

Day, night and the days of the week · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 9 of 11

Reading a picture graph

Read a picture graph where one picture stands for one thing, and answer questions from it.

Before you start

Look along each row of the graph and count the pictures in it.

123
  1. 1. Apples
  2. 2. Bananas
  3. 3. Pears

The row that stretches furthest has the most, every single time.

  1. 1.A graph shows 5 red cars, 2 blue cars, 8 green cars and 6 white cars. Put the colors in order, fewest cars first.

    • Green
    • Red
    • White
    • Blue

  2. 2.A graph shows 6 red counters and 6 blue counters. How many more red counters are there than blue?

  3. 3.A graph shows 8 stars and 5 moons. How many more stars are there?

    • a) 13
    • b) 4
    • c) 2
    • d) 3

  4. 4.Each square is one fruit picked. Tap the row with the fewest fruit.

    Write the number of the part.

    123

  5. 5.Each square is one fruit picked. Tap the row with the most fruit.

    Write the number of the part.

    123

  6. 6.A picture graph shows 4 cats, 6 dogs and 2 birds. Which has the fewest?

    • a) All the same
    • b) Cats
    • c) Dogs
    • d) Birds

  7. 7.A graph shows 3 cats, 5 dogs, 7 fish and 2 birds. Match each animal to how many there are.

    • Cats
    • Dogs
    • Fish
    • Birds
    • 7
    • 2
    • 5
    • 3

  8. 8.One row has 5 pictures and another has 3. How many pictures are there altogether?

Reading a picture graph · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 10 of 11

Shapes around us

Name the flat shapes around you and count their sides and corners.

Before you start

Look at each shape in turn and count its sides and its corners.

1234
  1. 1. Circle
  2. 2. Square
  3. 3. Triangle
  4. 4. Rectangle

A circle is the odd one out here. It has no straight sides and no corners at all.

  1. 1.How many sides does a triangle have?

  2. 2.Which shape is round the whole way around?

    • a) Square
    • b) Rectangle
    • c) Triangle
    • d) Circle

  3. 3.Tap the triangle.

    Write the number of the part.

    1234

  4. 4.Put these shapes in order, fewest sides first.

    • Square
    • Hexagon
    • Pentagon
    • Triangle

  5. 5.How many sides does a hexagon have?

  6. 6.Tap the shape with four equal sides.

    Write the number of the part.

    1234

  7. 7.A shape has 4 sides all the same length and 4 corners. Which one is it?

    • a) Circle
    • b) Pentagon
    • c) Triangle
    • d) Square

  8. 8.Match each shape to how many sides it has.

    • Triangle
    • Square
    • Pentagon
    • Hexagon
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    • 3

Shapes around us · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Grade 1 Math · 11 of 11

Where things are

Use above, below, inside, outside, left and right to say where something is.

Before you start

Look at each shape and say where it sits compared with the box.

12345
  1. 1. Ball
  2. 2. Diamond
  3. 3. Book
  4. 4. Brick
  5. 5. Mat

The box never moves. Every one of these words describes where a shape sits next to it.

  1. 1.Which word means the same as 'under'?

    • a) Left
    • b) Below
    • c) Inside
    • d) Above

  2. 2.Write the opposite of 'above'.

  3. 3.A cat sits on top of a wall. Where is the cat?

    • a) Inside the wall
    • b) Above the wall
    • c) Behind the wall
    • d) Below the wall

  4. 4.Tap the shape on the left of the box.

    Write the number of the part.

    12345

  5. 5.Tap the shape above the box.

    Write the number of the part.

    12345

  6. 6.Tap the shape below the box.

    Write the number of the part.

    12345

  7. 7.Write the opposite of 'inside'.

  8. 8.Tap the shape on the right of the box.

    Write the number of the part.

    12345

Where things are · Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn

Answer keys — Grade 1 Math

In the same order as the worksheets.

Counting to 20

  1. 1. 16
  2. 2. 1. 6 2. 9 3. 13 4. 18
  3. 3. c) 15
  4. 4. 14
  5. 5. 1. 3 2. 5 3. 8 4. 11
  6. 6. 17
  7. 7. a) 7
  8. 8. a) 11

Counting to 50

  1. 1. d) 15
  2. 2. 1. 16 2. 26 3. 36 4. 46
  3. 3. 48
  4. 4. 12 → Less than 25; 8 → Less than 25; 31 → More than 25; 47 → More than 25; 19 → Less than 25; 26 → More than 25
  5. 5. a) 30
  6. 6. 9 → 10; 19 → 20; 29 → 30; 39 → 40
  7. 7. 38
  8. 8. 1. 12 2. 21 3. 34 4. 43

Adding within 10

  1. 1. c) 5 + 3
  2. 2. 2 + 2 → Less than 6; 6 + 3 → More than 6; 1 + 4 → Less than 6; 5 + 2 → More than 6; 3 + 0 → Less than 6; 3 + 5 → More than 6
  3. 3. 7
  4. 4. 5
  5. 5. 10
  6. 6. 6
  7. 7. 8
  8. 8. 1. 2 + 1 2. 3 + 3 3. 5 + 3 4. 6 + 4

Taking away within 10

  1. 1. 3
  2. 2. 5
  3. 3. 4
  4. 4. 2
  5. 5. 1. 9 - 8 2. 7 - 5 3. 8 - 3 4. 10 - 2
  6. 6. 5
  7. 7. 9 - 2 → 7; 8 - 3 → 5; 7 - 1 → 6; 6 - 4 → 2
  8. 8. 0

Zero

  1. 1. d) 0
  2. 2. 5 - 5 → Answer is 0; 8 - 0 → Answer is not 0; 0 + 2 → Answer is not 0; 7 - 7 → Answer is 0; 0 + 0 → Answer is 0; 6 - 1 → Answer is not 0
  3. 3. 8
  4. 4. 7
  5. 5. 5
  6. 6. 0
  7. 7. 1. 0 2. 2 3. 5 4. 9
  8. 8. d) 0

Adding and taking away within 20

  1. 1. 16
  2. 2. b) 7
  3. 3. 1. 11 - 8 2. 9 + 0 3. 8 + 6 4. 9 + 9
  4. 4. 14
  5. 5. 9
  6. 6. 13
  7. 7. 7
  8. 8. 15

Longer, shorter, heavier, lighter

  1. 1. 2 — Second tree
  2. 2. lighter
  3. 3. 1 — Left bag
  4. 4. 1. A feather 2. A pencil 3. A book 4. A car
  5. 5. 1 — Top ribbon
  6. 6. d) A feather
  7. 7. A feather → Lighter than a school bag; A pencil → Lighter than a school bag; A leaf → Lighter than a school bag; A car → Heavier than a school bag; An elephant → Heavier than a school bag; A table → Heavier than a school bag
  8. 8. b) A bus

Day, night and the days of the week

  1. 1. 1. Friday 2. Saturday 3. Sunday 4. Monday
  2. 2. Tuesday → Monday; Thursday → Wednesday; Sunday → Saturday
  3. 3. d) Morning
  4. 4. c) Saturday
  5. 5. a) Wednesday
  6. 6. 7
  7. 7. c) Sunday
  8. 8. 1. Monday 2. Tuesday 3. Wednesday 4. Thursday 5. Friday

Reading a picture graph

  1. 1. 1. Blue 2. Red 3. White 4. Green
  2. 2. 0
  3. 3. d) 3
  4. 4. 2 — Bananas
  5. 5. 3 — Pears
  6. 6. d) Birds
  7. 7. Cats → 3; Dogs → 5; Fish → 7; Birds → 2
  8. 8. 8

Shapes around us

  1. 1. 3
  2. 2. d) Circle
  3. 3. 3 — Triangle
  4. 4. 1. Triangle 2. Square 3. Pentagon 4. Hexagon
  5. 5. 6
  6. 6. 2 — Square
  7. 7. d) Square
  8. 8. Triangle → 3; Square → 4; Pentagon → 5; Hexagon → 6

Where things are

  1. 1. b) Below
  2. 2.
    • below
    • under
  3. 3. b) Above the wall
  4. 4. 4 — Brick
  5. 5. 1 — Ball
  6. 6. 3 — Book
  7. 7. outside
  8. 8. 5 — Mat

Grade 1 Math · www.arenapublications.com/learn