Grade 1 Math: 10 Free Practice Questions

Answer: 45 < 54
45 < 54 is the true comparison. Compare tens first. 45 has 4 tens and 54 has 5 tens; 4 tens is less than 5 tens, so 45 < 54. Reversing digits and comparing incorrectly (as in choices C, D, and A) leads to false statements.

Answer: Circle
The next shape is a circle. The pattern repeats in groups of three: circle, square, triangle. After the last triangle, the group starts again with a circle. Students may repeat the last shape and choose triangle.

Answer: 1
Step 1: 12 baseball cards shared equally among 3 friends (12 ÷ 3) = 4 Step 2: Amara gets 4 more baseball cards from a friend, added to the leftover pool (4) = 4 Step 3: 1 more friend joins, so now there are 4 friends in total = 4 Step 4: That gift of 4 baseball cards is shared equally among all 4 friends now (4 ÷ 4, dropping any leftover) = 1 So the answer is 1 — each friend's share of the 4-baseball cards gift.

Answer: 0 minutes
The minute hand on 12 shows 0 minutes. The 12 at the top marks the start of the hour, which is 0 minutes past. The minute hand on 6 would show 30 minutes. Students may read the number 12 as 12 minutes instead of 0 minutes.

Answer: 4
The number 14 has 1 ten and 4 ones. 14 breaks into 10 and 4. The 10 is 1 ten, and the 4 is 4 ones. Students may read the tens digit and answer 1 instead of the ones.

Answer: 10:30
When the minute hand is on 6 it is half past the hour: 10:30.

Answer: 60
Counting forward by tens, the number after 50 is 60. Skip-count by tens: 30, 40, 50, 60. Start at 30, add 10 to reach 40, add 10 to reach 50, then add 10 to reach 60. The number right after 50 is 60. Students may add 1 instead of 10 and answer 51, forgetting that counting by tens increases the tens digit each time.

Answer: 6
The sum is still 6. Changing the order of the numbers being added does not change the sum. So 2 + 4 = 6, the same as 4 + 2. Students may think a new order makes a new sum and choose 8.

Answer: 5
Count back from 12 by 7: you land on 5.

Answer: 2
Step 1: cost of 2 snack packs at $2 each (2 × 2) = 4 Step 2: change from paying $6 (6 − 4) = 2 Step 3: how many extra $3 items the change can buy (2 ÷ 3, whole items only) = 0 Step 4: money left after buying those extra items (2 − 0 × 3) = 2 So the answer is 2 — money left over.