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What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Calendars Chapter Money What First Graders Should Know Counting Money What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Money Chapter Geometry What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do Two-Dimensional Shapes Three-Dimensional Shapes Symmetry Graphs What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Geometry Chapter Fractions What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Fractions Chapter Measurement What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do Measuring Length and Capacity Measuring Mass (Weight) 42 42 42 42 What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Measuring Chapter 10 Solving Word Problems 45 What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Solving Word Problems 45 45 46 46 46 51 51 51 51 52 53 53 54 54 57 57 57 58 58 63 64 69 69 70 70 70 Appendix A: Web Sites and Resources for More Information 75 Appendix B: Read More about It 79 Appendix C: What Your Child’s Test Scores Mean 81 Appendix D: Which States Require Which Tests 89 Appendix E: Testing Accommodations 99 Glossary 101 Answer Keys for Practice Skills 103 61 61 62 62 63 viii Sample Practice Test 105 Answer Key for Sample Practice Test 127 MATH, SKILLS MY CHILD … NUMBERS GRADE ONE CHECKLIST HAS LEARNED IS WORKING ON AND PATTERNS ADDITION EQUAL SIGN SETS FACT FAMILIES PLACE SKIP VALUE COUNTING SUBTRACTION TELLING TIME CALENDARS NAMES AND VALUE OF COINS COUNTING MONEY CIRCLE SQUARE RECTANGLE TRIANGLE SYMMETRY FRACTIONS: 1/2 FRACTIONS: 1/3 AND 2/3 FRACTIONS: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 NONSTANDARD UNITS OF MEASUREMENT WEIGHING WORD POUNDS PROBLEMS ix Copyright 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Click Here for Terms of Use MATH, GRADE ONE: GET READY! MATH 3 + = COMPUTATION + = A A 70 B 10 B C C D D + + = 12 − = A A 13 B B 17 C 523 C D 10 D 12 + = + = A A 99 B B C 16 C 16 D 124 D 18 GO 120 SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST 10 − = A 12 +5 _ B 84 A C B 11 D C D 11 − = 23 + 16 A B 71 C A 13 D B 39 C 49 D 38 12 67 − 12 = A 79 B 55 C 75 D 59 − = 13 4 +3 _ A 11 B A 10 C B D 10 C D 55 GO 121 MATH, GRADE ONE: GET READY! 14 15 − _ 18 16 17 122 A A 12 B 10 B C 11 C D 100 D 19 15 10 − = 43 + 52 A 77 B 95 C 11 D 52 20 15 − A 11 B 21 C D 12 + = A B 84 C 12 D 11 + = A B 12 C 10 D 13 13 − = A 19 B 14 C D SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST MATH APPLICATIONS Mario is having a birthday party at his house His mother has tied balloons to the mailbox There are blue balloons and pink balloons How many balloons are there in all? Jin-Joo plays on her school baseball team The team has 12 wooden bats At the end of the season, Jin-Joo and her friends had broken of them How many bats does the team have left? A balloons A bats B balloons B 13 bats C balloons C bats D balloon D 17 bats Zulma wants to buy some candy She has pennies, and she spends pennies on candy How many pennies does she have left? Ryan has a big card collection He bought 24 baseball cards and 12 football cards How many cards did he buy in all? A pennies A cards B 10 pennies B 26 cards C pennies C 12 cards D pennies D 36 cards There are 10 cats in the pet store and dogs How many more cats than dogs are there in the pet store? There are 45 girls and 33 boys in first grade How many fewer boys than girls are there in first grade? A 13 A 78 B 10 B 12 C C 15 D D 18 GO 123 MATH, GRADE ONE: GET READY! There are 17 bugs on a leaf in the Amazon rain forest After a big gust of wind, 10 bugs fly away How many bugs are left on the leaf? 10 If your favorite TV show starts at 8:00 and is a half-hour long, what time does it end? A 8:00 A 27 B 8:30 B C 9:00 C D 7:30 D Rosita just got her allowance Her mother gave her one quarter When she gets to the store, Rosita spends 12 cents for a small doll How much money does she have left? A 25 cents B 12 cents C 13 cents D cents If a cookie cost cents, how many can you buy with two dimes? 11 If Thuan is years younger than Cheryl and Cheryl is 16, how old is Thuan? A 13 B 19 C 14 D 12 12 Nancy got pieces of candy from the piñata She gave Lamont half of them How many pieces did Nancy give to Lamont? A B A C B D C D 25 GO 124 SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST 13 Bobby has fish, Sabah has fish, and Jennifer has fish How many fish they have in all? 16 Yong-Koo loves to collect cars He has 21 toy cars About how many toy cars does Yong-Koo have? A A 12 B 31 B 20 C C 30 D D 15 14 Carlitos and his father built three bookshelves for his room Carlitos puts five books on each shelf How many books does Carlitos have in all? 17 There are candles on a cake Timmy takes candles How many candles are left? Which number sentence matches the story? A 35 A + = 12 B 15 B 7−5=2 C C 7−2=5 D D + = 12 15 Denise has baskets, and each basket has stuffed teddy bears in it How many teddy bears does she have in all? A B C D 10 18 Allison has tennis balls and tennis rackets How many more tennis balls than tennis rackets does Allison have? Which number sentence matches the story? A + = 10 B 6−4=2 C 10 − = D 64 − 10 = 54 GO 125 SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST 19 If one book weighs pounds, how much will books weigh? A 54 pounds 20 If Eddie has 10 cents and he buys lollipops that cost cents each, how much money does he have left? B 20 pounds A cents C pounds B 10 cents D pound C cents D cents 126 This page intentionally left blank MATH, GRADE ONE Answer Key for Sample Practice Test Math Concepts 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 C D D B A C D D B C D D C A D C B B A C D B B C 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 C C A C D C B B B C D C C A A C C C C A C D A B C B 51 52 53 54 55 56 D A C A A D Math Computation 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 C D C B C D C A B B B B A C B C C 18 19 20 B B C Math Applications 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 C D D A D B B C C B A B A B C B C B B C 128 Copyright 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Click Here for Terms of Use WORKSHEET WORKSHEET WORKSHEET WORKSHEET WORKSHEET WORKSHEET ... 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