Grade 1 Math (California Common Core)
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- California
- Grade
- Grade 1
- Standards
- California Common Core State Standards: Mathematics
- California additions
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- Last checked
- 2026-10-20
California has no math additions in this grade (2013 edition) – the CCSS grade standards apply as they are.
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The Common Core standards for this grade
Operations & Algebraic Thinking (OA) 8 standards
- Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
- 1.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.1Note: See Glossary, Table 1
- 1.OA.A.2 Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
- Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
- 1.OA.B.3 Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract.2 Examples: If 8 + 3 = 11 is known, then 3 + 8 = 11 is also known. (Commutative property of addition.) To add 2 + 6 + 4, the second two numbers can be added to make a ten, so 2 + 6 + 4 = 2 + 10 = 12. (Associative property of addition.) Note: Students need not use formal terms for these properties.
- 1.OA.B.4 Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem. For example, subtract 10 - 8 by finding the number that makes 10 when added to 8.
- Add and subtract within 20.
- 1.OA.C.5 Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).
- 1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).
- Work with addition and subtraction equations.
- 1.OA.D.7 Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false. For example, which of the following equations are true and which are false? 6 = 6, 7 = 8 - 1, 5 + 2 = 2 + 5, 4 + 1 = 5 + 2.
- 1.OA.D.8 Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 + ? = 11, 5 = _ - 3, 6 + 6 = _.
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Teacher notes: Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Grade 1 students solve addition and subtraction word problems within 20, including adding three numbers. They use properties of operations and the link between addition and subtraction, add and subtract fluently within 10, and decide whether equations are true or false.
Number & Operations in Base Ten (NBT) 6 standards
- Extend the counting sequence.
- 1.NBT.A.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
- Understand place value.
- 1.NBT.B.2 Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:
- 1.NBT.B.2.a 10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones — called a "ten."
- 1.NBT.B.2.b The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
- 1.NBT.B.2.c The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).
- 1.NBT.B.3 Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <.
- 1.NBT.B.2 Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:
- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
- 1.NBT.C.4 Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.
- 1.NBT.C.5 Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used.
- 1.NBT.C.6 Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 from multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (positive or zero differences), using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
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Teacher notes: Number & Operations in Base Ten
Grade 1 students count to 120 and understand two-digit numbers as tens and ones. They compare two-digit numbers with >, = and <, add within 100 using models and place value, and find 10 more or 10 less mentally.
Measurement & Data (MD) 4 standards
- Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
- 1.MD.A.1 Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
- 1.MD.A.2 Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.
- Tell and write time.
- 1.MD.B.3 Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- Represent and interpret data.
- 1.MD.C.4 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
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Teacher notes: Measurement & Data
Grade 1 students order objects by length, compare lengths using a third object, and measure by laying copies of a smaller unit end to end with no gaps or overlaps. They tell time to the hour and half hour, and organize and interpret data with up to three categories.
Geometry (G) 3 standards
- Reason with shapes and their attributes.
- 1.G.A.1 Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.
- 1.G.A.2 Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape.1Note: Students should apply the principle of transitivity of measurement to make indrirect comparisons, but they need not use this technical term.
- 1.G.A.3 Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, fourths, and quarters, and use the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of. Describe the whole as two of, or four of the shares. Understand for these examples that decomposing into more equal shares creates smaller shares.
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Teacher notes: Geometry
Grade 1 students tell defining attributes (such as being closed with three sides) from non-defining ones (such as color or size), and build composite shapes. They split circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, called halves, fourths and quarters.
Tests and key dates
California tests ELA and math in grades 3–8 and 11 (CAASPP). Check the CDE for dates.
Official documents
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