Year 1 Solving problems in a range of contexts worksheet

“Counting and comparing” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 maths unit “Solving problems in a range of contexts”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 33 of the year, 5 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Counting and comparing

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can compare two numbers and say which is greater than or less than.

A Look back3 min

1.
What number comes after 19?
2.
How many counters are in the frames?
3.
12 = 10 +

B Watch me, then you4 min

Sam has 9 stickers and Jun has 6 stickers. Who has more?

Watch me

Count the two amounts: 9 and 6.

9 is more than 6, so 9 is greater than 6.

We write 9 > 6. Sam has more stickers.

Now you

1.
Write < or > in the box: 7 10

C Your turn5 min

Write < or > in each box. Look at the picture before you decide.

1.
6 9
2.
12 15
3.
25 52
4.
30 27

Say it out loud: Which number did you check first, and why?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “12 is greater than 14.”

1.
Circle the greater number.
1412

E Think deeper4 min

Use the number line to help you. Tell your grown-up how you knew which numbers to write.

1.
Write every number from 1 to 20 that is greater than 17.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Counting and comparing · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 20

2. 14

3. 2

B

1. < If your child writes >, ask which number is further along when counting forwards. The arrow always points to the smaller number.

C

1. 6 < 9 If your child writes >, ask them to count on from 6. They will reach 9 after 6, so 9 is greater.

2. 12 < 15 If your child writes >, ask them to count on from 12. They reach 15 after 12, so 15 is greater.

3. 25 < 52 If your child writes >, ask them to compare the tens first. 25 has 2 tens and 52 has 5 tens, so 25 is less.

4. 30 > 27 If your child writes <, ask how many tens each number has. 30 has 3 tens and 27 has 2 tens.

D

1. 14 If your child circles 12, ask them to find 12 and 14 on the line. The number further along is greater.

E

1. 18, 19, 20 If your child writes numbers that are smaller than the one in the question, remind them that greater means bigger. Ask them to count on along the line from 17.

Words to use

Say“Which number is greater? How do you know?”

Instead of“That's right, well done. Next page.”

After the sheet

Put two small groups of buttons or stones side by side. Ask which group has more, then say 'is greater than' aloud.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

4 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Different ways to split(with a plan)
Adding and taking away(with a plan)
Facts that go together(with a plan)
Jumping in twos and fives(with a plan)

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