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1st Grade Math (Montana Content Standards)

Your Teacher Information Pack for 1st Grade Math in Montana: the standards with their official codes, the state tests and the official links. Check what you're teaching and plan a lesson.

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State
Montana
Grade
Grade 1
Standards
Montana PK-12 Mathematics Content Standards
Last checked
2026-10-21

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The standards (our summaries)

Montana's official codes with our own short summaries (not the official wording). Each code links to the official document.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)

  • MT.1.OA.1 Solve every type of add and subtract problem within 20, including Montana cultural contexts.
  • MT.1.OA.2 Solve problems in context that add three whole numbers with a total up to 20.
  • MT.1.OA.3 Build and break apart numbers flexibly to add and subtract.
  • MT.1.OA.4 Understand subtraction as finding an unknown addend.
  • MT.1.OA.5 Link counting to adding and subtracting.
  • MT.1.OA.6 Add and subtract within 10 flexibly, accurately and efficiently.
  • MT.1.OA.7 Use several strategies to add and subtract within 20.
  • MT.1.OA.8 Understand the equal sign and decide if equations are true or false.
  • MT.1.OA.9 Find the unknown number in a three-number addition or subtraction equation.

Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

  • MT.1.NBT.1 Count to 120 and read, write and model numbers in that range.
  • MT.1.NBT.2 Understand ten as a unit of ten ones and two-digit numbers as tens and ones.
  • MT.1.NBT.3 Compare two-digit numbers using >, = and <.
  • MT.1.NBT.4 Add a two-digit and a one-digit number, and a multiple of 10 to a two-digit number.
  • MT.1.NBT.5 Use place value to find 10 more or 10 less than a two-digit number.
  • MT.1.NBT.6 Take multiples of ten away from 2-digit numbers.

Measurement and Data (MD)

  • MT.1.MD.1 Order three objects by length and compare two using a third.
  • MT.1.MD.2 Measure length as a whole number of same-size units with no gaps or overlaps.
  • MT.1.MD.3 Tell and write time to the hour and half hour on analog and digital clocks.
  • MT.1.MD.4 Know the value of coins.
  • MT.1.MD.5 Sort, show and talk about data in as many as three categories.

Geometry (G)

  • MT.1.G.1 Tell defining attributes of shapes from non-defining ones.
  • MT.1.G.2 Build and draw shapes that have given defining attributes.
  • MT.1.G.3 Make new shapes from 2D and 3D shapes.
  • MT.1.G.4 Split circles and rectangles into halves, fourths and quarters.

Tests and key dates

Check the Montana Office of Public Instruction for which grades are tested and this year's testing dates (we have not yet confirmed every detail above on the official site).

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Standards codes from the Montana PK-12 Mathematics Content Standards (Montana OPI). Summaries are Classfern's own words, not the official text. Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPI.

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