Year 1 Maths worksheets
Free worksheets: Weights and measurements, KS1, Y1
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Comparing weights
A Year 2 maths worksheet created by a teacher to help your child learn how to compare weights of two household objects to see which is the heaviest.
Measurement terms around the house
Cut out the cards. Put some Blu Tack on the back of them, then go on a measurement trail around your house. What items could be described by the words? Stick your cards on them!
Using non-standard measures: length
Let's get measuring. Look at your hand. Stretch it out as big as it can go. The distance from your thumb to your little finger is called your hand span. Go around your house finding things that are smaller and things that are larger than your hand span. Write them in these circles.
Number Bond Snap
Make number bond recall fun for Y1, Y2 and above with a game of Number Bond Snap. All you need is an ordinary pack of cards and a competitive streak!
Maths card games for KS1 and KS2
Playing with cards might seem old-fashioned in our screen-loving age, but maths card games will help your child become fluent and confident with numbers – without them even realising they're exercising their maths thinking brain. From number bonds to fractions and probability, try some of our traditional or adapted card games to practise basic maths concepts.
Number ladders
Number lines are vertical versions of number lines, used in primary-school maths to help children become familiar with our number system and perform simple calculations like addition and subtraction.
Number lines
Number lines are an essential tool in primary-school maths. Print out our colourful versions for use with your child at home, or use them as inspiration to help your child design (and perhaps decorate) their own number line.
Number colouring: odd and even numbers
Colour in the squares with odd numbers green. Don’t forget: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 are odd numbers. Colour in the squares with even numbers brown. Don’t forget: 2, 4, 6, 8 are even numbers.
Number colouring: find the multiples of 5
Colour in the squares with multiples of 5 grey. Colour in the squares with any other numbers yellow.
Choose the route: addition and subtraction
Starting with the number on the left, work out which route the girl takes to get to the yellow house. Which route does she take to get to the lilac house?
Summer brain-boosting challenges
Juggle fruit. Work on the technology of the future. Plot and design a lost city, create a zoo of invented animals, learn to talk sdrawkcab and bake a pizza clock and a pastry map. How many of our wonderful brain-boosting challenges can you fit into your summer? All you need are some art materials, imagination and an enquiring mind to have a go at a whole host of practical and reflective activities, suitable for primary-school children (and parents, of course). Have fun!
KS1 maths puzzles
Number bonds, odd and even, halving and doubling, reading information tables... Horatio the wizard needs your child's help with all his KS1 maths skills if he's to complete his quest and become a real magician. Puzzles to solve, games to play and a tricky code to crack... who says playing with numbers isn't fun?
Year 1 maths Progress checks
From counting to counting in tens, adding and subtracting on a number line, recognising coin values and identifying 2D and 3D coins – in Y1 your child's numeracy education steps up a level and becomes more structured. Review their understanding of the fundamental concepts with our Progress checks and identify any areas where they might benefit from extra maths practice, games and support at home.
Introduction to learning fractions
A fraction represents a part of a whole, with the numerator (top number) indicating how many parts are taken and the denominator (bottom number) showing the total number of equal parts the whole is divided into. Use this fractions worksheet, created by teachers, to help teach your primary school child the basics of fractions.
Comparing numbers
Can you look at these lists of numbers and find the largest and smallest in each group? Colour the largest number RED and the smallest number BLUE.
Addition using number facts
Can you solve these problems? Underline the important words as you read them through. Use your knowledge of number bonds and doubles to help find the answers.
Addition and place value
Can you use partitioning and your knowledge of number facts to help Pirate Pegleg with these word problems?
One more, one less crossword
Can you fill in the crossword by writing the answers to the clues as number words?
Estimating practice
At the school fair the children had to estimate how many sweets were in the jar. Look at their estimates and see who got it right. Now draw some sweets in this jar and ask an adult to make an estimate.
Number bonds to 10 matching
Father Christmas wants 10 presents to put in each stocking. Can you draw lines linking two piles that add up to 10? This Christmas-themed worksheet will help your child practise number bonds to 10 and simple addition.
Using non-standard measures: weight
Let's get weighing! Choose something to use to weigh items against, perhaps a bag of sugar or a can of beans. Go around the house testing to see whether it is heavier or lighter than other things. In one circle draw items that are heavier; in the other draw the items you find that are lighter.
Using non-standard measures: length
Let's get measuring. Look at your hand. Stretch it out as big as it can go. The distance from your thumb to your little finger is called your hand span. Go around your house finding things that are smaller and things that are larger than your hand span. Write them in these circles.
Using non-standard measures: height
Let's have some fun with measuring height. Find the items listed and use them to measure the things around you (for example, draw something that is heavier than a can of beans). Why do you think we call this non-standard measuring?