Free Year 1 Maths Worksheets
Year 1 Addition: Four in a row game
This is a game for you to play with your child which urbrainy.com has allowed us to publish. You need two coloured pens to show who has answered the questions and a calculator in the case of any disputes!
Player 1 (with the red pen) goes first and chooses a square and writes down the correct answer to the sum.
Then Player 2 has their turn.
The aim of the game is to get a run of four correct answers in a row, either across, down or diagonally.
Correct squares could be coloured if this makes it easier to see the row of 4 developing.
You can make up extra rules yourself. For example, an incorrect answer could mean the other p[layer colours the square, or it could give the other player a free go. You decide!
Year 1 addition game: 4 in a row
Year 1 maths worksheet: Money investigation
This is a nice mini investigation using coins for children who are familiar with coins and counting. A yoyo costs 8p, but how many different ways are there of paying using 1p, 2p and 5p coins?
Suitable for Year 1 children it is a good idea to have a selection of these coins handy so that they can count out and record the different combinations. A separate page is available for recording either by drawing or writing the amounts down. An important aspect of this type of work is to check that the same result has not been recorded twice.
Year 1 maths worksheet: Change from 10p
Thanks to urbrainy.com for this money worksheet, suitable for year 1 children. It’s always a good idea to set up a little shop at home and take turns buying and selling items. There is an amazing amount of maths involved in this, from learning how to write numbers to counting on and back and finding two or three lots of a number. If a shop is not available why not try this page?
Year 1 Maths worksheet: Handling data and sorting shapes
One of the earliest stages of data handling is to be able to sort and a lot of practical work can be done, such as tidying up a drawer of pens, pencils, paper clips etc.
The next stage is to be able to record the results and here we have a simple page where the two sets of shapes can be sorted and recorded on the columns.
The outlines of the cylinders and cubes are provided and it is just a matter of counting the number of each shape and recording by colouring the correct number on the columns.
This page can be found in our Handling Data section for Year 1.
Year 1 3D shape worksheet
The best way to learn about 3D shapes is to handle them but it is also important to recognise drawings of them on paper. Four shapes which children should be familiar with are the cube, cuboid, cylinder and cone. here we have a page which asks children to recognise these shapes and colour them accordingly.
Thanks to urbrainy.com for letting me use this page from their huge collection of resources for Early Years.
Year 1 Maths: 3 in a row addition
urbrainy.com are coming up with some excellent resources for year 1, including this great little board game of strategy and knowledge of addition to play with your child. You will need 2 dice, 2 sets of 5 different coloured counters or cubes plus a calculator and the games sheet.
Decide who is to go first.Player one goes first and rolls the two dice. Add up the total and place a counter on a square showing that number. If the number has already been covered it becomes the next players go. Then player 2 has their turn. The winner is the first person to put three counters in a row, across, down or diagonally.
Dice: 3 in a row addition game
Year 1 Investigation: Snowflake numbers
Still chilly outside so a little ‘snowflake’ number investigation suitable for Year 1 children (5-6 yrs old). Given the numbers 1, 3 5 and 7 what addition sums can be made? Encourage working in a logical way.
The second question asks how many different answers can be made when subtracting. There are less possible different subtraction answers than addition.
Snowflake number investigation
Maths Worksheet: Use the Subtraction Sign (Year 1)
This worksheet can be used as a check to see how well your child has learned their subtraction facts. There are several ways that this page could be tackled, depending on the confidence and knowledge of the child. Some children may want to use the number line to count back, others might prefer to use their fingers. What we are really hoping for, however, is that some of these facts have been committed to memory: the calculation does not have to be worked out by counting back, rather the fact is already known. Those children who know their number facts will complete this page much more quickly than those who don’t.
Use the subtraction sign (pg2)
Mental Arithmetic: Subtracting 19 from 2-digit numbers
This is very similar to the process of adding 19 to a 2-digit number. The easiest way to do this is usually to take twenty and then add one. This mental arithmetic method is much quicker than carrying out the question using pencil and paper methods.If children can grasp these ideas it gives them a great deal of confidence and they can develop their own mental methods of answering other, similar questions; eg subtract 18 by taking 20 and then adding 2, or subtracting 39 by taking forty and adding one.
Subtract 19 from 2-digit numbers
Year 1 maths worksheet: Money problems (1)
Money is a great way to encourage children with their addition and subtraction and of course, it is the spending of it when we most use our mental arithmetic skills!
This worksheet is for Year 1 children who are confident with counting and adding small numbers. It uses three coins, the 1p, 5p and 10p. Encourage trying to add in order of size, starting with the largest coin and, if necessary, counting on from that.
Year 1 maths worksheet: Longer and shorter
This page adds to our selection of measurement worksheets for year 1. It looks at two terms, longer and shorter, and should be used in conjunction with plenty of discussion in the home. Ask questions such as ‘Which is the taller candle?’ and make requests, eg ‘Pass me the shorter pencil, please’ during the everyday activities you do with your children.
Year 1 worksheets: Counting up to 20
Here we have a very straightforward couple of pages with up to 20 sweets to count. We work hard with children when they first start to count but then tend to neglect this area of counting on past ten. The sweets have been laid out in such a way that there are rows of ten. ‘Bright sparks’ may spot this and start at ten and just count the second row. ‘Burning hot’ sparks might do a quick subtraction with the rows that are nearly ten: it’s always interesting to watch how children set about tasks such as these.
There’s lots more for young children at urbrainy.com, which is rapidly becoming one of the best sites around for early years maths.
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