Grade 1Mathematics

What your child actually learns this year

Every strand and every topic in the Grade 1 Mathematics curriculum, exactly as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. Written so you can read it in one sitting, without a teaching qualification.

1NumbersThe biggest strand of the year and the foundation of every year after it: what a number is, counting to 100, and the first adding and taking away.4 topics·180 questions

  • Pre-number activities

    5 skills

    Sorting, matching, grouping and ordering real objects, which is how a child learns what a number means before meeting one.

  • Whole Numbers

    7 skills

    Counting, reading and writing numbers up to 100, counting forwards and backwards, and putting them in order.

  • Addition

    7 skills

    Putting groups together up to 9, using objects first and then numbers, and learning that the order does not change the answer.

  • Subtraction

    6 skills

    Taking away from 9 or fewer, acted out with real things, and seeing that it undoes adding.

2MeasurementFive topics, all of them done with the hands: how long, how heavy, how much it holds, what time it is and what money buys.5 topics·96 questions

  • Length

    4 skills

    Comparing things as longer and shorter, then measuring with hand spans, strides and arm lengths.

  • Mass

    4 skills

    Comparing things as heavier and lighter by holding them, and balancing one against another.

  • Capacity

    4 skills

    Which container holds more, found out by filling and pouring rather than by being told.

  • Time

    4 skills

    The parts of the day, the days of the week, and the order that things happen in.

  • Money

    5 skills

    Recognising Kenyan coins and notes, and what they can buy.

3GeometryLines and shapes, drawn and spotted in the room.2 topics·24 questions

  • Lines

    5 skills

    Straight and curved lines, drawing them, and finding them on real objects.

  • Shapes

    3 skills

    Naming and sorting circles, squares, rectangles and triangles, and seeing them in things around the house.

Why you can take this page at face value

Straight from the KICD design

The strands and topics on this page are the Grade 1 Mathematics curriculum as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. We have not chosen them, reordered them or left any out.

Nothing here is a sample

Every topic below is covered in our question bank, not a selection of the easy ones. The numbers beside each strand are the real counts.

Marked by a machine, written by a person

Each question carries its full working and a note on why every wrong answer is wrong, so a child who misses one is told what they were thinking, not just that they were wrong.

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300 Grade 1 Mathematics questions in the bank, covering every topic on this page.