Grade 1 Mathematics — Standards-Aligned Skills Examination
A calculation-focused, standards-walkthrough exam covering the CCSS-M Grade 1 standards (1.OA, 1.NBT, 1.MD, 1.G). Each problem cites the standard. Form B complements Form A.
Instructions for the proctor and student
- Time limit: 120 minutes total in three sessions of about 35 minutes, separated by 5-minute breaks.
- Tools allowed: ruler, base-ten blocks, counters, fraction bars, clock face. No calculator.
- The proctor reads each problem aloud once. Student shows work with drawings, equations, or short sentences.
- Each problem header cites the CCSS-M code(s) the items target.
SESSION 1 · Problems 1–3
- Find each (use what you know):
(i) \(5 + 8\) (ii) \(7 + 9\) (iii) \(13 - 6\) (iv) \(15 - 7\) (v) \(6 + 6\) (vi) \(11 - 4\) (vii) \(8 + 5\) (viii) \(14 - 9\) (ix) \(9 + 3\) (x) \(12 - 8\)
- Find the missing number:
(i) \(\square + 7 = 13\) (ii) \(9 + \square = 15\) (iii) \(\square - 4 = 8\) (iv) \(14 - \square = 6\) (v) \(\square + 9 = 18\)
- Use "make ten" to find \(8 + 5\) and \(7 + 6\). Show two-step work.
- True or false (explain each):
(i) \(7 + 5 = 5 + 7\) (ii) \(8 - 3 = 3 - 8\) (iii) \(4 + (3 + 2) = (4 + 3) + 2\)
- Word problems (write a number sentence; solve):
(i) 9 birds in a tree; 5 more come. How many?
(ii) Tara has 12 stickers; gives 4 to her brother. How many left?
(iii) 7 red marbles + 6 blue marbles in a bag. How many marbles?
(iv) 16 cookies on a plate; 9 eaten. How many left?
(v) Sam has 5 stickers; needs 12 in all. How many more does he need?
- Count out loud from 87 to 105. (Proctor records errors.)
- Write the next number:
(i) just after 79: ___ (ii) just after 99: ___ (iii) just before 60: ___ (iv) just after 119: ___ (v) just before 100: ___
- Skip-count by 10s starting at 30: 30, 40, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ .
- Show each number using base-ten blocks (tens and ones):
(i) 36 = ___ tens + ___ ones (ii) 80 = ___ tens + ___ ones (iii) 104 = ___ hundred + ___ tens + ___ ones (iv) 92 = ___ tens + ___ ones (v) 47 = ___ tens + ___ ones
- Compare each pair using \(<,\ >,\ =\):
(i) 47 ___ 74 (ii) 60 ___ 6 tens (iii) 89 ___ 98 (iv) 100 ___ 90 + 10
— 5-minute break. —
SESSION 2 · Problems 4–6
- Add a 2-digit and a 1-digit number:
(i) \(34 + 5\) (ii) \(78 + 6\) (iii) \(59 + 8\) (iv) \(46 + 9\) (v) \(63 + 7\)
- Add a 2-digit and a multiple of 10:
(i) \(35 + 20\) (ii) \(48 + 40\) (iii) \(72 + 30\) (iv) \(54 + 50\)
- Add two 2-digit numbers (regroup if needed):
(i) \(26 + 47\) (ii) \(58 + 35\) (iii) \(43 + 29\) (iv) \(67 + 18\)
- Subtract a multiple of 10:
(i) \(80 - 30\) (ii) \(60 - 40\) (iii) \(95 - 50\) (iv) \(72 - 20\)
- Use a ruler. Measure each (round to nearest cm and nearest inch):
(i) a pencil (ii) a notebook side (iii) a finger
- Order three pencils of different lengths from shortest to longest. (Proctor will provide.)
- Write length in same-size units. Lay 1-inch tiles end-to-end along an object. Length = ___ tiles.
- Two pencils are 6 in and 4 in. By how much is the first longer? Show the subtraction.
- Read each clock to the nearest half-hour and write as ___:00 or ___:30:
(i) hour hand on 4, minute hand on 12 (ii) hour hand between 7 and 8, minute hand on 6 (iii) hour hand on 11, minute hand on 12 (iv) hour hand between 2 and 3, minute hand on 6
- Sketch a clock face showing each time:
(i) 9:30 (ii) 5:00 (iii) 12:30
- It is 3:00. What time will it be in 30 minutes? In 1 hour? In 1 hour 30 minutes?
- True or false: At 6:30 the minute hand points directly at the 6. Explain.
— 5-minute break. —
SESSION 3 · Problems 7–8
Tally chart of favorite weather:
Sunny: |||| |||| || (12)
Rainy: |||| | (6)
Snowy: |||| |||| (9)
Cloudy: ||| (3)
- How many students were surveyed in all?
- How many more chose Sunny than Cloudy?
- How many fewer chose Rainy than Snowy?
- Make a bar graph (y-axis: number of students; x-axis: weather; vertical scale of 1).
- Make a picture graph with key "★ = 3 students."
- Order the weather types from most to least chosen.
- Name each shape and state how many sides and corners (vertices) it has:
(i) triangle (ii) square (iii) rectangle (non-square) (iv) trapezoid (v) hexagon (vi) circle
- Compose new shapes:
(i) How many green triangles fit inside one yellow hexagon? (ii) Use 2 trapezoids to make a hexagon. Sketch.
(iii) Use 3 rhombuses to make a hexagon. Sketch. - Cut a square into halves in two different ways. Sketch each.
- Cut a square into fourths in two different ways. Sketch each.
- Two students share one pizza equally. Each gets what fraction?
- Four students share one pizza equally. Each gets what fraction?
- Which gives each child a larger piece — sharing among 2 people or among 4? Explain in one sentence.