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GRADE 1

The following math problems are representative of what 1
st
-grade students in India
are expected to master to be promoted to grade 2.

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st
-grader here in America, we hope you will try out some or all of these
problems.

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1. Write the numbers from 1 to 20. Write them also in English letters.

2. Ashok and Kabir are playing football (soccer) in the school playground. Kartik
and Apu join them. How many are playing football now?

3. Five children are playing in the school playground. Two children leave. How
many are left?

4. a) What comes before i) 6 ii) 9 iii) 12 iv) 15
b) What comes after i) 4 ii) 8 ii) 10 iv) 19

5. a) Arrange the numbers from the smallest to the largest:
i) 11, 7, 3, 5 ii) 6, 0, 2, 12 iii) 7, 4, 10, 1

b) Arrange the numbers from the largest to the smallest:
i) 3, 8, 9, 14 ii) 1, 5, 6, 12 iii) 7, 3, 0, 10

6. Choose either Greater (>) or Less (<) between the numbers:

i) 14 (<,>) 12 ii) 3 (<,>) 0 iii) 8 (<,>) 13 iv) 20 (<,>) 11

7. Add: i) 5 + 3 ii) 6 + 4 iii) 7 + 0 iv) 3 + 3 v) 8 + 2

8. a) Rekha has 6 pencils. She gets 4 more pencils from her brother. How many
pencils does Rekha have now?

b) 9 pigeons are sitting on a tree. 6 more pigeons join them. How many
pigeons are there in the tree?

9. Subtract: i) 9 2 ii) 10 4 iii) 8 3 iv) 5 0 v) 7 - 4

10. a) Shashi has 7 chocolates. She gives away 3 to her friends. How many
chocolates does Shashi have?

b) Siraj has 9 balloons. 2 balloons fly away. How many balloons are left with
Siraj?

11. a) Deepak has 6 story books. Lata has 10 story books. How many more books
does Lata have than Deepak?

b) If Deepak and Lata put their books together, how many books will there be
in all?

12. Add: i) 10 + 5 ii) 8 + 7 iii) 6 + 9 iv) 12 + 8

13. a) Ajit is playing cricket with 10 other boys. 7 more boys join them. How
many boys are playing cricket now?

b) Asha invites 12 girls and 8 boys to her birthday party. How many does she
invite in all?

14. Subtract: i) 18 9 ii) 14 7 iii) 12 10 iv) 20 - 8

15. a) Mr. Basu buys 18 oranges. He distributes 12 of them to poor children in his
neighborhood. How many oranges does he have left?

b) There are 20 chairs in a room. If Manik removes 8 of them for guests to sit
outside, how many chairs are left in the room?

16. Write all the numbers from 21 to 100.

17. Add: i) 35 + 4 ii) 23 + 45 iii) 18 + 81 iv) 72 + 27 v) 48 + 0

18. Subtract: i) 66 4 ii) 85 23 iii) 77 33 iv) 28 16 v) 62 - 0

19. Choose either Greater (>) or Less (<) between the numbers:

i) 76 (<,>) 67 ii) 33 (<,>) 45 iii) 98 (<,>) 99 iv) 56 (<,>) 60

20. a) There are 30 monkeys in a zoo. 8 more monkeys join them. How many
monkeys are there in the zoo?

b) There are 55 seats on a bus. Only 23 are occupied. How many seats are
empty?

c) Gita is reading a book that has 96 pages. She finishes reading 63 pages.
How many more pages does she have to read to finish reading the book?

21. Add with carry: i) 18 + 7 ii) 43 + 9 iii) 55 + 37 iv) 66 + 26

22. Subtract: i) 24 8 ii) 32 9 iii) 52 17 iv) 61 - 45

23. Tell the time
i) When the long hand points to 12 and the short hand points to 4
ii) When the long hand points to 12 and the short hand points to 6
iii) If Beena goes to school at 8 in the morning and returns from school at 2 in
the afternoon, draw pictures of two identical clocks and draw these two times
on them. How many hours did Beena spend in school?

24. a) Write the names of the days of the week and the months of the year.

b) From a calendar, write the number of days for each month. How many
months have 30 days in a year? How many have 31 days? Is there any month
that has less than 30 days? If there is, how many days does it have? Does
this number change from year to year?

25. a) Multiply: i) 4 x 2 ii) 2 x 4 iii) 5 x 3 iv) 6 x 4

b) There are 6 students in a row and there are 2 rows. How many students
are there in all?

c) A tree has three branches. 7 birds are sitting on each branch. How many
birds are on that tree?