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 Contents
About the Book................................................................................................................ 4

Number Concepts. .................................................................................. 5–12

Counting, missing numbers, odd and even numbers, ordinals,
place value, greater than/less than/equal to

Shapes & Patterns................................................................................ 13–17

Identifying shapes, combining shapes, three-dimensional
shapes, and identifying patterns
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Addition......................................................................................................... 18–25
Adding 1- and 2-digit numbers with and without regrouping, column
addition, adding 2 and 3 digits with regrouping, and missing addends

Subtraction.................................................................................................. 26–35
Relation between addition and subtraction, subtracting 1-
and 2-place numbers with and without regrouping

Multiplication & Division.............................................................. 36–39

Fact families, multiplication picture problems, and introducing division

Problem Solving. .................................................................................... 40–44

Sorting and grouping, solving story and picture problems,
number sentences, and writing simple equations

Time, Money, & Measurement. ................................................ 45–51

Telling time, comparing coins and amounts, comparing
lengths and weights, and introducing perimeter

Graphs, Charts & Tables................................................................. 52–54

Ordered pairs, reading and creating simple graphs, plotting
coordinates, tally counts, and reading charts and tables

Fractions. ...................................................................................................... 55–59

Identifying parts of a whole and finding parts of a whole or group

Answer Key................................................................................................................... 60
Instant Skills Index...................................................................................................... 64
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 Missing numbers,
counting

Lone Donor
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

This is a number line. The numbers increase as you go along the line.
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 Counting

Mystery Critter
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

I climb up the side of walls and never fall.

I am a fast runner and have a very long tail. Who am I? _________
To find out, connect the numbers in order from 20 to 68.
58

57

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60
55 56

54
20
62 61
68 21
53 63
67 22
66
64
65 24
23
27 28
52

51 50 45 29
26
49 25
48
46 31 30
44

47 38
42 43
32

40 37
41 39
33
36

35 34

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 Missing numbers,
counting

Order Recorder
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________
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 Odd & even
numbers

Missing Bone
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

McAllister the Mutt is dog-tired from walking in circles trying to find

his bone. To help him find the path to the bone, move one paw print
at a time in any direction except diagonally. You can only follow the
tracks that have odd numbers. Draw a line to show his route.

26 11 23 19 6 13

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12 5 36 9 3 7

67 17 8 14 12 4 18 16

33 38 42 34 38 16 33 35

25 18 29 39 10 20

27 44 28 50 22 15 30 56

35 54 32 48 52 21 72 41

39 37 23 57 47 43 82 70

84 62 54 90 82 46 40 66

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 Odd & even
numbers

Patterns for the Mail Carrier

Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Meimei the mail carrier is delivering letters. Give her some help. Fill in
the missing addresses on the houses below.
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What pattern do you see in the house numbers?

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 Ordinal numbers

Presidents’ Day Problem

Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

The first 18 Presidents of the United States are listed below.

They are shown in order.

HH
1. George Washington 2. John Adams 3. Thomas Jefferson
(1789–1797) (1797–1801) (1801–1809)
4. James Madison 5. James Monroe 6. John Quincy Adams

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H
(1809–1817) (1817–1825) (1825–1829)
H 7. Andrew Jackson 8. Martin Van Buren 9. William Henry
(1829–1837) (1837–1841) Harrison (1841)
10. John Tyler 11. James Knox Polk 12. Zachary Taylor
(1841–1845) (1845–1849) (1849–1850)
H
13. Millard Fillmore 14. Franklin Pierce 15. James Buchanan
H
(1850–1853) (1853–1857) (1857–1861)
16. Abraham Lincoln 17. Andrew Johnson 18. Ulysses S. Grant
(1861–1865) (1865–1869) (1869–1877)

1. Which President was Washington? ____________________________

the 1st

2. Which President was Lincoln? _ ______________________________

3. Which President came before Lincoln? _ _______________________

4. Which President came after Lincoln? __________________________

5. How many Presidents were there

between Washington and Lincoln? ____________________________
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 Greater than, less
than, equal to

Amused Chooser
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Compare numbers: > means greater than. < means less than. = means
same as. Hint: The arrow points to the number that is less.
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 Place value

Riddle Fun
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

What wears shoes, sandals, and boots, but has no feet?

A ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
To find out, write each number in standard form. Then look for the numbers in
the puzzle and circle them. They are written up, down, and backward. When you
have circled all the numbers given, the letters in the blocks left uncircled spell
the answer to the riddle. The first number has been circled for you.

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4 3 2 1 9 9 5
B A R K S I G
8 1 7 1 7 5 6
R M Y S O D T
8 5 1 8 9 1 4
D W E T E S S
1 6 2 5 3 3 9
W P C X A Z P
4 9 7 7 0 7 0
L J F S R M L
8 3 6 9 2 0 9
H F Y K T E Q

8 ones 5 ones 6 ones 3 ones

1 ten = 518 1 ten = 7 tens = 9 tens =
5 hundreds 3 hundreds 2 hundreds 6 hundreds
7 ones 4 ones 9 ones 1 one
3 tens = 6 tens = 0 tens = 1 ten =
1 hundred 5 hundreds 9 hundreds 8 hundreds
9 ones 7 ones 6 ones 1 one
0 tens = 1 ten = 3 tens = 2 tens =
2 hundreds 7 hundreds 8 hundreds 3 hundreds
8 ones 7 ones 2 ones 7 ones
8 tens = 5 tens = 3 tens = 0 tens =
4 hundreds 8 hundreds 4 hundreds 7 hundreds
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 Identifying patterns

Pattern Learner
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

A pattern is a repeated arrangement of numbers, shapes, or lines in a

row. Continue the patterns below.
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Combining shapes

Shape Tricks
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Danny’s class was learning about shapes. He noticed that you could draw
a line across one shape to make two shapes. Draw a line through each
shape below to make two new shapes. (Pattern blocks may help you.)

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2. Make two
triangles.
1. Make a
square and a
triangle.

3. Make two
rectangles.

4. Make a triangle 5. Cut this twice to

and a diamond. make 3 triangles.

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 Identifying patterns

Picking Out Patterns

Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

On the 100th day of school, everyone in Pat’s class picked out

patterns on the 100 Chart. Look at the chart below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Find and finish the pattern starting with 2, 12, 22
___________________________________________________________

Find and finish the pattern starting with 100, 90, 80

___________________________________________________________

Find and finish the pattern starting with 97, 87, 77

___________________________________________________________

Find and finish the pattern starting with 11, 22, 33

___________________________________________________________
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Identifying shapes

Shape Study
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

A heptagon has 7 sides. On a heptagon, all the sides are the same length.

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Connect the dots in the geoboards below to make other shapes with 7 sides.

1 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

5 5

A B C D E A B C D E

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 Identifying shapes

Shape Gaper
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________
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Adding 1 & 2 digits
without regrouping

Scarecrow Sam
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Why doesn’t Scarecrow Sam tell secrets when he is near Farmer Joe’s
bean patch? _______________________________________________

To find out the answer, add the numbers. Circle the pumpkins
that have sums of 14, and write the letters that appear inside those
pumpkins in order in the boxes below.

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1. 2. 3.
4 7 9
+2 +7 +5
G B E
4. 5. 6.
10 4 6
+4 +8 +8
A R N
7. 8. 9. 10.
11 14 7 13
+3 +0 +2 +1
S T P A

11. 12. 13. 14.

5 12 7 5
+8 +2 +4 +9
S L H K

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 Column addition

Crossdigit Wiz
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Find the sums of the three addends in the rows across and down. The
answer circles are numbered.
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Adding 1 & 2 digits
without regrouping

You’ve Got Mail!

Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Across Up
1. Solve the problems. 1. 20 + 7 = ______ 12 + 12 = ______
2. Find each number pair on the 2. 12 + 3 = ______ 11 + 13 = ______
3. 1 + 2 = ______ 10 + 14 = ______
graph. Make a dot for each. 4. 13 + 2 = ______ 10 + 5 = ______
3. Connect the dots in the order 5. 13 + 14 = ______ 21 + 3 = ______
that you make them. 6. 23 + 4 = ______ 11 + 4 = ______
7. 5 + 22 = ______ 2 + 4 = ______
4. What picture did you make?

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8. 3 + 12 = ______ 1 + 5 = ______
9. 3 + 0 = ______ 6 + 0 = ______
10. 2 + 1 = ______ 2 + 13 = ______
Up 11. 0 + 3 = ______ 2 + 22 = ______
30

27

24

21

18

15

12

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30
Across
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 Adding 1 & 2 digits
with regrouping

Kaleidoscope
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

2
+8

24 32
+7 +9
7 1 17
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+4 +9 + 9

45 31 22 26
+5 +4 + 13 +6

11 11 19
+9 +7 +9
16 31
+ 22 + 11

12 14 4
+7 +9 +8

40 27 41 37
+ 14 +6 + 21 + 31

12 16 16
+9 +5 +6
10 20
+ 24 + 21

15
+5

Solve the problems.

If the answer is between 1 and 30, color the shape red.
If the answer is between 31 and 99, color the shape gray.
Finish by coloring the other shapes with the colors of your choice.
Extra: Name two numbers that when added together equal 27.
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 Column addition
with regrouping

Carnival Fun
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Do the problems below. Then find your answers hidden in the carnival
scene and circle them. Can you find all twelve answers?

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15 27 34 15 16 12
33 23 23 25 14 31
+ 27 + 12 + 24 + 10 + 14 + 17

28 43 10 29 37 51
22 27 17 13 31 23
+ 45 + 27 + 18 + 16 + 17 + 17

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with regrouping

Zoo Animal
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

1. Solve the problems. 3. Connect the dots in the order

2. Find each number pair on the that you make them.
graph. Make a dot for each. 4. What picture did you make?
_______________________
Across Up Across Up
1. 13 + 7 = _____ 12 + 4 = _____ 8. 17 + 15 = _____ 1 + 3 = _____
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2. 15 + 9 = _____ 5 + 3 = _____ 9. 31 + 9 = _____ 3 + 1 = _____

3. 11 + 9 = _____ 0 + 4 = _____ 10. 8 + 32 = _____ 8 + 8 = _____
4. 19 + 9 = _____ 2 + 2 = _____ 11. 19 + 25 = _____ 19 + 1 = _____
5. 10 + 18 = _____ 11 + 5 = _____ 12. 27 + 17 = _____ 18 + 14 = _____
6. 16 + 16 = _____ 9 + 7 = _____ 13. 7 + 29 = _____ 17 + 23 = _____
7. 28 + 8 = _____ 2 + 6 = _____ 14. 18 + 6 = _____ 25 + 15 = _____

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Adding 2 & 3 digits
with regrouping

Tricky Twins
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Sandy and Mandy are having a twin party. There are six sets of twins,
but only one set of identical twins. To find the identical twins, solve
the addition problems under each person. The identical twins have the
same answer.

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207 126 328 257
+ 545 + 89 + 347 + 458

547 624 108 229

+ 129 + 127 + 107 + 418

258 389 417 253

+ 268 + 336 + 129 + 494

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 Missing addends

Eager Leader
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________
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 Related addition
& subtraction

Eager Seeker
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Divide the objects and food equally among the groups of people shown
below. How many will each person receive? How much will be left over?

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 Related addition
& subtraction

Time to Get Up!

Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Twenty animals were hibernating near Sleepy Pond.

5 of them woke up. Color 5 animals below.
How many are still sleeping? ___________________
A week later, 7 more woke up. Color 7 other animals.
How many are still sleeping? ___________________
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 Subtracting
1-place numbers

Detective Work
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Use the code to help Detective Dave discover the secret phone number.
The first problem has been done for you.

1 2 3

4 5 6

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7 8 9
1. 2.

7 1 = 6 =

3. 4.

= =

5. 6.

= =

7. The phone number is:

= ___-____

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 Subtracting
1-place numbers

Chirp, Chirp!
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________
Across Up
1. Solve the problems. 1. 10 – 7 = ______ 10 – 8 = ______
2. 4 – 2 = ______ 3 – 1 = ______
2. Find each number pair on the
3. 7 – 5 = ______ 1 – 0 = ______
graph. Make a dot for each. 4. 8 – 0 = ______ 1 – 0 = ______
3. Connect the dots in the order 5. 9 – 1 = ______ 8 – 6 = ______
6. 10 – 3 = ______ 7 – 5 = ______
that you make them. 7. 10 – 2 = ______ 8 – 2 = ______
4. What picture did you make? 8. 8 – 3 = ______ 10 – 0 = ______
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9. 9 – 7 = ______ 7 – 1 = ______
_______________________ 10. 4 – 1 = ______ 5 – 3 = ______
11. 9 – 2 = ______ 6 – 4 = ______

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 Subtracting 1- &
2-place numbers

Winter Is Coming
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Do the subtraction problems. Help Mr. Squirrel find his way to the tree
where he is storing acorns for the winter. Make sure
he doesn’t cross any odd answers.

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14 – 7 =

13 – 6 =

12 – 8 =
14 – 2 =

12 – 6 =
11 – 9 =
11 – 6 =
11 – 7 = 14 – 8 =

12 – 9 =
14 – 8 = 13 – 8 =
12 – 4 =

13 – 7 =

11 – 5 = 11 – 8 =
13 – 7 =
12 – 3 =
13 – 4 =
14 – 6 =

14 – 5 =
12 – 8 =

13 – 5 =

12 – 5 =
13 – 9 =

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 Subtracting 1- &
2-place numbers

Baseball Puzzle
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

What animal can always be found at a baseball game?

___________________________________________________________
To find out, do the subtraction problems. If the answer is greater
than 9, color the shapes black. If the answer is less than 10, color the
shapes red.
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18 – 9 =
5–2= 7–7=

7–4=
17 – 3 = 15
– 4 18
– 4 11 – 9 =
16 – 9 =

12 – 3 =

15 – 2 =
9
13 – 2 = 12 – 2 =
– 2
9
6
9 – 7
– 6
– 6

10 – 8 =

15 – 7 =
9–1=
9–5=

16 – 8 =
15 – 9 =

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Subtracting 2 digits
without regrouping

Bubble Yum!
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

1. Solve the problems. Across Up

1. 27 – 23 = ______ 58 – 53 = ______
2. Find each number pair on the 2. 18 – 15 = ______ 23 – 21 = ______
graph. Make a dot for each. 3. 30 – 27 = ______ 29 – 28 = ______
3. Connect the dots in the order 4. 18 – 11 = ______ 46 – 45 = ______
5. 58 – 51 = ______ 17 – 15 = ______
that you make them. 6. 28 – 22 = ______ 49 – 44 = ______
4. What picture did you make? 7. 19 – 15 = ______ 77 – 72 = ______

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 Subtracting 2 digits
without regrouping

SuperStar
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Solve the problems. c If the answer is between 1 and 20, color the shape red.
c If the answer is between 21 and 40, color the shape white. c If the answer is
between 41 and 90, color the shape blue. c Taking It Further: Write five
subtraction problems that have answers between 10 and 20.

68
–26
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–1 1

91 19 67
–20 –12 –13
47 88
–15 –54
33 69
–21 –59

88
–12

28 17
–24 –6
27 35
–5 –11
97 57 81
–13 –55 –21

39
–15

60
–10

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Subtracting 2 digits
with regrouping

Purdy Bird
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Purdy the Parakeet loves to look at herself in the mirror. Only one of
these parakeets below really shows what Purdy looks like in the mirror.
Can you find the right one? To check your answer, do the subtraction
problems next to each bird. The answer for the correct bird is 24.

35 62

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– 17 – 28

53 92 82 83
– 14 – 27 – 23 – 28

67 58 72 73
– 48 – 29 – 17 – 58

42 90 52 56
– 26 – 81 – 28 – 19

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 Subtracting 2 digits
with regrouping

Grandma’s Quilt
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Solve the problems. c If the answer is between 1 and 50, color the shape red.
c If the answer is between 51 and 100, color the shape blue. c Finish the design
by coloring the other shapes with the colors of your choice. c Taking It Further:
Amelia bought 30 tickets for rides at the carnival. She used 15 tickets in the
first hour. How many tickets did she have left?
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–39
84
–59

72
–55
71 60
–19 –18
84
–25
74
–15
88
98 –29
–29
71
–17
91
–32
82 92
–68 –13
34
–16

43
–35
57
–28

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 Fact families

Rocket Riddle
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

What did the rocket say

when it left the party?
What To Do
To find the answer to the riddle,
solve the multiplication problems.

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Then match each product with a
letter in the Key below. Write the
correct letters on the blanks below.

1 5 x 1 = _______ 6 5 x 2 = _______
2 8 x 1 = _______ 7 6 x 2 = _______
3 11 x 1 = _______ 8 8 x 2 = _______
4 26 x 1 = _______ 9 9 x 2 = _______
5 3 x 2 = _______ 10 12 x 2 = _______

10........................... .F 27........................... .U 20........................... .W

13........................... .C 8........................... .E 7........................... .D
11........................... .O 6........................... .K 12........................... .T
16........................... .E 9........................... .B 26........................... .O
5........................... .A 24........................... .F 18........................... .T

Riddle “TIM ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.”
Answer: 8 7 3 9 1 5 2 4 6 10

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 Fact families

Wise Owls
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

What did the owl say when

someone knocked on its door?
What To Do
To find the answer to the riddle,
solve the multiplication problems.
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Then match each product with a

letter in the Key below. Write the
correct letters on the blanks below.

1 5 x 3 = ________ 6 6 x 3 = ________
2 2 x 3 = ________ 7 10 x 3 = ________
3 8 x 3 = ________ 8 12 x 3 = ________
4 4 x 3 = ________ 9 11 x 3 = ________
5 9 x 3 = ________ 10 0 x 3 = ________

30........................... O 8........................... K 42........................... N

11........................... A 15........................... O 24........................... T
36........................... H 0........................... I 33........................... O
18........................... I 27........................... O 6........................... Q
32........................... F 6........................... S 12........................... W

Riddle “___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___?”
Answer: 4 8 5 9 1 7 10 2 6 3

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 Multiplication
picture problems

Jack’s Beanstalk
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Jack’s class was growing bean plants. After 1 week, Jack’s was the tallest.
Measure Jack’s plant below. Record its height: ____________
After 2 weeks, Jack’s plant had doubled in height.
How tall was it now? ____________

Draw a picture to show how tall the plant grew.

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Measure your drawing to make sure it is the correct height.

2 weeks.
After 3 weeks, Jack’s plant was still growing!
How tall would it be now? ____________
Explain your answer. ________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

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 Introducing division

Candy Boxes
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Steve works in a candy store. He puts candy into boxes. Each box has
10 spaces. Steve has 32 candies. Try to draw 32 candies in the boxes
below. Write the number of candies in each box on the line. Write the
number of any leftover candy at the bottom of the page.
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Extra
Leftover candies: ________________________________________

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 Sorting &
grouping

Creature Categories
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Nick’s class took a field trip to the beach. When they looked in the tide
pools, they saw a lot of animals. Group the animals they saw. Color the
animals in each group the same color.

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Write a word or phrase that explains how you grouped them.

Group #1 __________________________________________

Group #2 __________________________________________

Group #3 __________________________________________
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 Writing simple
equations

Coin-Toss Addition
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Toss 8 coins. Write “H” for heads or “T” for tails

in the circles below to show your toss. Then write
the addition equation. Write the number of “heads”
first. We did the first one for you. Try it three times.

H H H H T T T T
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4+4=8
Equation: ____________________________________________

Equation: ____________________________________________

Equation: ____________________________________________

Equation: ____________________________________________

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 Writing simple
equations

Clear Reader
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Write each sentence using numbers and symbols.

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1. Four plus five is nine.

2. Eleven minus six is five.

3. Nine plus seven is sixteen.

4. Four plus eight is twelve.

5. Three minus two is one.

6. Seven plus seven is fourteen.

7. Fifteen minus ten is five.

8. Two plus eight is ten.

9. Five minus two is three.

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 Solving story &
picture problems

Flower Problems
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Solve these story problems. Cut out the flowers at the bottom of the
page to help you.

1. Jared had a flowerpot with 7 flowers.

He replanted 5 flowers outdoors. How
many flowers were left in the pot?
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_______________________

2. Kristin planted 7 flowers.

1 flower wilted. How many flowers were not wilted?
_______________________

3. Hannah picked flowers for her father.

She picked 3 flowers from the front yard.
She picked 4 flowers from the back yard.
She put them in a flowerpot.
How many flowers did Hannah pick?
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grouping

Pizza Party
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Garth’s class is having a pizza party. They made a diagram to show

which pizzas they would like. Draw an X in each circle to show how
many classmates wanted each kind of pizza.
• 5 wanted cheese pizza.
• 10 wanted pepperoni pizza.
• 3 wanted sausage pizza.

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• 2 wanted both cheese and pepperoni pizza.
cheese pepperoni

sausage

What can you learn by looking at this diagram? Write your ideas:
_____________________________________________________
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 Telling time

Prime Timer
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________
Write the time 3 ways.
  
example:   1:15
 
 
15 minutes after 1
  
45 minutes to 2

11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
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7 6 5 7 6 5

1. 2.

minutes after minutes after

minutes to minutes to

11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5

3. 4.

minutes after minutes after

minutes to minutes to

11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5

5. 6.

minutes after minutes after

minutes to minutes to

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 Comparing coins
& amounts

Just Snacks
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Use the menu on page 47 to answer the

following questions.

1. Which snack costs the most?

_______________________________

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How much do they cost?
_______________________________

2. Which sweet costs the least? ______________________________

How much does it cost? __________________________________

3. Henry spends 50¢ on a snack.

What does he buy? ______________________________________

4. Gina orders a drink. She spends 15¢.

Which drink does she order? ______________________________

5. Dan orders popcorn and a cookie.

How much does he pay? __________________________________

6. Pat buys a cup of soup and a sip of milk.

How much does she spend? _______________________________

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Small Snacks Small Sweets
Potato Chips.....................60¢ & Drinks
Pretzels.............................45¢ Cookie...............................40¢
Popcorn.............................55¢ Donut Hole.......................25¢
Peanuts.............................50¢ Ice Cream Bar...................60¢
Bagel Bites........................65¢ Raisins...............................30¢
Teeny Sandwiches............75¢ Sip of Milk.........................10¢
Cup of Soup......................40¢ Gulp of Juice.....................15¢
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& amounts

Money Matters
Name______________________________________________ Date _________________

Alex asked his little brother Billy to trade piggy banks.

Alex’s bank has these coins: Billy’s has these coins:

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Do you think this is a fair trade? ___________________________

Test your answer:

Add up Alex’s coins: ______________________________________

Add up Billy’s coins: _ ____________________________________

Write the totals in this Greater Than/Less Than equation:

____________________________ >_ ______________________

Who has more money? ___________________________________

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 Comparing lengths

Best Estimator
Name______________________________________________ Date _________________
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Comparing weights

Zoo Weigh-In
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Zoey’s class went to the zoo. They wrote down how much the animals
weighed. Cut out the animals below. Arrange them in weight order—
from lightest to heaviest.

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 Introducing
perimeter

Measuring Perimeter
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Use the inch side of a ruler and measure each side of each triangle.
Write the inches in the spaces below. Then add up all the sides to find
the perimeter, or distance around each triangle.
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____ + ____ + ____ = ____ inches

____ + ____ + ____ = ____ inches

____ + ____ + ____ = ____ inches

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 Ordered pairs

Night-Light
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

1. Find each number pair on the Across Up

1. 6 11
graph. Make a dot for each.
2. 5 7
2. Connect the dots in the order 3. 1 7
that you make them. 4. 4 5
5. 3 0
3. What picture did you make? 6. 6 3
_______________________ 7. 9 0

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8. 8 5
9. 11 7
10. 7 7
Up 11. 6 11
11

10

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Across
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 Reading & creating
simple graphs

Great Graphing
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

The picture was made with 7 different shapes. How many of each shape
was used? Color in the shapes, following the instructions. Then color in
the boxes on the chart, 1 box for each shape used.

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Color the red. Color the green. Color the blue.

Color the black. Color the orange. Color the yellow.
Color the purple.

Which shape was used the most? _______________________________

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Reading & creating
simple graphs

Fruit Graph
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Ask 12 friends which of these four fruits they like most. Fill in the
graph to find out. Color one box on the graph for each vote.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Which fruit was the most popular? _ _____________________________

How many votes did it get? ____________________________________

Which fruit was the least popular? ______________________________

How many votes did it get? ____________________________________

If two fruits got the same amount of votes, they “tied.” Write any ties
below.
___________________________ and ___________________________

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 Identifying parts
of a whole

Chester’s Cakes and Pies

Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Fill in the blanks. Chester Chipmunk was cutting cakes and pies.
Bobby Bear said, “Some aren’t cut in half. When you cut something in
half, there are _____________  pieces and both of the pieces are the
same _____________.”
Here is how Chester cut the cakes and pies.
Circle the desserts that are cut in half correctly.
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1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

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 Identifying parts
of a whole

Part Timer
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Determine fractions of a whole. Check √ your answers.

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 Identifying parts
of a whole

Fraction Fun
Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Something that is split in 2 equal parts is divided in “half.”

These two shapes are divided in half.

A fraction has a number on the top: 1

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A fraction has a number on the bottom, too: 2

The top number tells the “fraction,” or parts, of the whole.
The bottom number tells the number of parts in the whole.

Draw a line to match the picture with a fraction.

2 2 2
2 12 3
The top number in these fractions tells you
how many parts to color. Try it!

color 1 color 2
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Finding parts of a
whole or group

Fun With Fractions

Name______________________________________________ Date _________________

A fraction has two numbers. The top number will tell you how many
parts to color. The bottom number tells you how many parts there are.

Color 1/5 of the circle. Color 4/5 of the rectangle.

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Color 3/5 of the ants. Color 2/5 of the spiders.

Color 0/5 of the bees. Color 5/5 of the worms.

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 Finding parts of a
whole or group

More Fun With Fractions

Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

A fraction has two numbers. The top number will tell you how many
parts to color. The bottom number tells you how many total parts
there are.
10
— is the whole circle. 10
— is the whole rectangle.
10 10
Color — 8 of the circle. Color — 4 of the rectangle.
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10 10
How much is not colored? ____ How much is not colored? ____

10 8 10
—-—4 = —
—- — = — 10 10
10 10

Solve this fraction equation. Cross out the dogs to help you.
10 - —
— 3 = —
10 10

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A sidewalk.
518, 315, 276, 693, 137, 564, 909, 811, 209, 717, 836, 321,
488, 857, 432, 707

B A R K S I G

R M Y S O D T

D W E T E S S

W P C X A Z P

L J F S R M L

H F Y K T E Q

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A salamander
58

57
59

60
55 56

54
20
62 61
68 21
53 63
67 22
66
64
65 24
23
27 28
52

51 50 45 29
26
49 25
48
46 31 30
44

47 38
42 43
32

40 37
41 39
33
36

35 34

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1. 67; 2. 34, 35; 3. 42, 43; 4. 16, 18
5. 73, 74, 75; 6. 31, 32; 7. 10 12 14 16 Page 14
8. 15 18 21 24; 9. 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88
10. after; 11. before; 12. after
13. before; 14. before; 15. before
This line This line
Page 8 could move could move
Students should follow these numbers: up or down. left or right.
13, 7, 3, 9, 19, 23, 11, 5, 17, 67, 33, 25,
27, 35, 39, 37, 23, 57, 47, 43, 21, 15, 39, 29 Page 15
1. 32, 42, 52, 62, 72, 82, 92
Page 9 2. 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10
Top side of the street: 50, 52, 54, 56 3. 67, 57, 47, 37, 27, 17, 7
Bottom side of the street: 51, 53, 55 4. 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99
Extra: The even numbers are on one side of the street.
The odd numbers are on the other side of the street. Page 16
Answers will vary.
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1. the 1st 2. the 16th 3. James Buchanan
A. 1F, 2G, 3B, 4C or A, 5E, 6I, 7E, 8H, 9G, 10G, 11C
4. Andrew Johnson 5. 14
B. 1B, 2F, 3D, 4I, 5F, 6E, 7A, 8D, 9I, 10F, 11I
Page 11 C. 1H, 2C, 3C, 4G, 5G, 6C, 7F, 8I, 9B, 10C or A, 11F
1. 11 < 21; 2. 56 < 72; 3. 47 = 47; 4. 64 >10
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5. 59 = 59; 6. 38 >17; 7. 526 < 527; 8. 159 > 42
Beans talk
9–16. Answers will vary. 17. 73 61 54 37
4 + 2 = 6; 7 + 7 = 14; 9 + 5 = 14; 10 + 4 = 14;
18. 96 43 24 22; 19. 79 78 69 51
4 + 8 = 12; 6 + 8 = 14; 11 + 3 = 14; 14 + 0 = 14;
20. 51 37 27 15
7 + 2 = 9; 13 + 1 = 14; 5 + 8 = 13; 12 + 2 = 14;
7 + 4 = 11; 5 + 9 = 14
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1. 21; 2. 26; 3. 14; 4. 31
5. 35; 6. 28; 7. 27; 8. 29
9. 58; 10. 33
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Page 21 1. 9R1; 2. 3R3; 3. 4R0; 4. 5R0; 5. 2R0
2 + 8 = 10; 24 + 7 = 31; 32 + 9 = 41; 1 + 9 = 10; 6. 6R1; 7. 3R0; 8. 9R2; 9. 6R0; 10. 4R3
7 + 4 = 11; 45 + 5 = 50; 31 + 4 = 35; 11 + 9 = 20; Page 27
17 + 9 = 26; 22 + 13 = 35; 26 + 6 = 32; 19 + 9 = 28; 15; 8
11 + 7 = 18; 16 + 22 = 38; 31 + 11 = 42; 14 + 9 = 23;
12 + 7 = 19; 40 + 14 = 54; 27 + 6 = 33; 12 + 9 = 21; Page 28
4 + 8 = 12; 41 + 21 = 62; 37 + 31 = 68; 16 + 6 = 22; 1. 7 – 1 = 6; 2. 9 – 2 = 7; 3. 3 – 2 = 1; 4. 8 – 4 = 4
16 + 5 = 21; 10 + 24 = 34; 20 + 21 = 41; 15 + 5 = 20 5. 5 – 5 = 0; 6. 6 – 1 = 5; 7. 8 – 2 = 6
Extra: Answers will vary. The phone number is 671-4056.

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15 + 33 + 27 = 75; 27 + 23 + 12 = 62;
34 + 23 + 24 = 81; 15 + 25 + 10 = 50;
16 + 14 + 14 = 44; 12 + 31 + 17 = 60;
28 + 22 + 45 = 95; 43 + 27 + 27 = 97;
10 + 17 + 18 = 45; 29 + 13 + 16 = 58;
37 + 31 + 17 = 85; 51 + 23 + 17 = 91
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207 + 545 = 752; 126 + 89 = 215;
328 + 347 = 675; 257 + 458 = 715;
547 + 129 = 676; 624 + 127 = 751;
108 + 107 = 215; 229 + 418 = 647;
258 + 268 = 526; 389 + 336 = 725;
417 + 129 = 546; 253 + 494 = 747

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A bat 2 inches; 4 inches
5 – 2 = 3; 7 – 7 = 0; 18 – 9 = 9; 17 – 3 = 14; 15 – 4 = 11 Two possible answers:
18 – 4 = 14; 12 – 3 = 9; 11 – 9 = 2; 16 – 9 = 7; 7 – 4 = 3 6 inches, because it grew 2 inches each week;
10 – 8 = 2; 15 – 7 = 8; 9 – 2 = 7; 13 – 2 = 11; 12 – 2 = 10 or 8 inches, because it doubled in height each week
15 – 2 = 13; 9 – 6 = 3; 6 – 6 = 0; 9 – 7 = 2; 15 – 9 = 6
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16 – 8 = 8; 9 – 5 = 4; 9 – 1 = 8
10, 10, 10 Extra: 2
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3 groups: fish, shells, animals with multiple legs/arms
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Answers will vary.
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1. 4 + 5 = 9; 2. 11 - 6 = 5; 3. 9 + 7 = 16
4. 4 + 8 = 12; 5. 3 - 2 = 1; 6. 7 + 7 = 14
7. 15 - 10 = 5; 8. 2 + 8 = 10; 9. 5 - 2 = 3

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1. 2; 2. 6; 3. 7
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Extra: Answers will vary. Possible: Pepperoni is the most
popular topping. Cheese is the next favorite topping. Sausage
Page 33 is the least favorite topping.
68 - 26 = 42; 34 - 11 = 23; 91 - 20 = 71
47 - 15 = 32; 67 - 13 = 54; 88 - 54 = 34 Page 45
19 - 12 = 7; 33 - 21 = 12; 69 - 59 = 10 1. 7:35, 35 minutes after 7, 25 minutes to 8
88 - 12 = 76; 28 - 24 = 4; 17 - 6 = 11 2. 3:50, 50 minutes after 3, 10 minutes to 4
57 - 55 = 2; 27 - 5 = 22; 97 - 13 = 84 3. 9:15, 15 minutes after 9, 45 minutes to 10
35 - 11 = 24; 81 - 21 = 60; 39 - 15 = 24 4. 6:25, 25 minutes after 6, 35 minutes to 7
60 - 10 = 50 5. 9:55, 55 minutes after 9, 5 minutes to 10
6. 2:05, 5 minutes after 2, 55 minutes to 3
Page 34 Pages 46–47
35 – 17 = 18; 62 – 28 = 34; 53 – 14 = 39; 92 – 27 = 65 1. Teeny Sandwiches; 75¢
82 – 23 = 59; 83 – 28 = 55; 67 – 48 = 19; 58 – 29 = 29 2. Donut Hole; 25¢
72 – 17 = 55; 73 – 58 = 15; 42 – 26 = 16; 90 – 81 = 9 3. Peanuts
52 – 28 = 24; 56 – 19 = 37 4. Gulp of Juice
5. 95¢ 6. 50¢
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45 - 39 = 6; 84 - 59 = 25; 72 - 55 = 17 Page 48
71 - 19 = 52; 84 - 25 = 59; 60 - 18 = 42 Alex’s coins: 5¢ + 25¢ + 10¢ = 60¢
98 - 29 = 69; 74 - 15 = 59; 71 - 17 = 54 Billy’s coins: 10¢ + 10¢ + 10¢ + 10¢ + 10¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 1¢ +
88 - 29 = 59; 82 - 68 = 14; 91 - 32 = 59 1¢ + 1¢ = 63¢
34 - 16 = 18; 92 - 13 = 79; 43 - 35 = 8; 57 - 28 = 29 63¢ > 60¢ Billy has more money.
She had 15 tickets left. Page 49
Page 36 1. feet; 2. yards; 3. miles; 4. inches; 5. inches
1. 5; 2. 8; 3. 11; 4. 26; 5. 6 6. inches; 7. yards; 8. miles; 9. feet; 10. inches
6. 10; 7. 12; 8. 16; 9. 18; 10. 24 11. feet; 12. feet; 13. miles; 14. inches; 15. feet
What did the rocket say when it left the party? Page 50
“Time to take off.” deer (224 pounds), seal (329 pounds),
Page 37 lion (358 pounds), bear (532 pounds)
1. 15; 2. 6; 3. 24; 4. 12; 5. 27 Page 51
6. 18; 7. 30; 8. 36; 9. 33; 10. 0 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 inches
What did the owl say when someone knocked on its door? 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 inches
“Whoooo is it?” 4 + 4 + 4 = 12 inches

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Answers will vary.
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2, size; Correct pies: 1, 3, 5
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1. 1/2; 2. 1/8; 3. 1/4; 4. 1/4; 5. 1/2; 6. 1/6
7. 1/2; 8. 1/2; 9. 3/4; 10. 1/4; 11. 1/2
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2/2 matches triangle, 2/3 matches circle,
2/12 matches rectangle; color 1/2 circle,
color the whole rectangle
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1/5 of the circle, 4/5 of the rectangle,
3 ants, 2 spiders, 0 bees, 5 worms
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the rectangle Page 59
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2/10, 6/10, 2/10, 6/10, 7/10

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 Instant Skills Index
SECTION AND SKILL............................................................................................................................................ PAGES

Number Concepts
Missing numbers........................................................................................................................................................... 5, 7
Counting . ................................................................................................................................................................. 5, 6, 7
Odd and even numbers .......................................................................................................................................... 8, 9, 30
Ordinal numbers ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
Greater than, less than, equal to ......................................................................................................................................... 11
Place value ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Shapes AND Patterns

Identifying patterns . .......................................................................................................................................... 13, 15
Identifying shapes .............................................................................................................................................. 14, 16, 17
Combining shapes . ............................................................................................................................................ 14, 53
Three-dimensional shapes . ...................................................................................................................................... 17

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Addition
Adding 1 and 2 digits without regrouping................................................................................................. 18, 20, 41
Column addition ...................................................................................................................................................... 19, 22
Adding 1 and 2 digits with regrouping ................................................................................................................... 21, 23
Adding 2 and 3 digits with regrouping ............................................................................................................. 22, 24, 25
Missing addends ............................................................................................................................................................. 25

Subtraction
Related addition and subtraction ............................................................................................................................ 26, 27
Subtracting 1-place numbers .................................................................................................................................. 28, 29
Subtracting 1- and 2-place numbers without regrouping ..................................................................................... 30, 31
Subtracting 2 digits without regrouping .................................................................................................................. 32, 33
Subtracting 2 digits with regrouping .......................................................................................................................... 34, 35

Multiplication and Division

Fact families ............................................................................................................................................................. 36, 37
Multiplication picture problems ...................................................................................................................................... 38
Introducing division . ..................................................................................................................................................... 39

Problem Solving
Sorting and grouping . ............................................................................................................................................. 40, 44
Solving story and picture problems ............................................................................................................ 27, 38, 39, 43
Solving number sentences . ..................................................................................................................................... 41, 42
Writing simple equations . ....................................................................................................................................... 41, 42

Time, Money, and Measurement

Telling time .................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Comparing coins and amounts . ............................................................................................................................. 46, 47, 48
Comparing lengths . ....................................................................................................................................................... 49
Comparing weights ........................................................................................................................................................ 50
Introducing perimeter ...................................................................................................................................................... 51

Graphs, Charts, AND Tables

Ordered pairs .................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Reading and creating simple graphs ............................................................................................................................ 53, 54
Plotting coordinates . ................................................................................................................................... 20, 23, 29, 32
Tally counts .............................................................................................................................................................. 44, 54
Reading charts and tables . ......................................................................................................................................... 10, 44

Fractions
Identifying parts of a whole .................................................................................................................................... 55, 56, 57
Finding parts of a whole or group . ......................................................................................................................... 58, 59

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