Weekly · Grades 1–2
FUN! Math Competition Practice for Grades 1–2
An early learner lesson for building intuition, a worksheet with practice and kid-friendly solutions in your inbox every week. Because at this age, kids learn to love math and there is no better way than making math intuitive and fun.
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What Arrives Every Week
The Lesson
Each week, we focus on one big idea and build logic around it. We show a lot of pictures and offer notes for the grown-up on how to help.
10 Picture Puzzles
Most problems have visuals, since we know that at this age we do not want to overwhelm kids with tons of reading. We make math fun and intuitive because intuition and foundations are critical at this age.
Kid-Friendly Solutions
The solutions also have visuals where a kid can see where they went wrong immediately, because we learn the most from our mistakes.
Large print, bright and uncluttered. A child who is just learning to read can take part with a grown-up reading the question aloud. No calculator, no points or badges: just good puzzles.
The 40-Week Plan
Everyone starts at week 1, with a new week every 7 days.
Foundations
- 1
Counting Carefully
Count every object exactly once, even in messy pictures, lines and gaps.
- 2
Number Bonds and Making Ten
Use partners that make 10 to add fast, find missing numbers and solve picture puzzles.
- 3
Odd and Even
Pair things up to tell odd from even, and share fairly into two equal piles.
- 4
Patterns
Find the part that repeats, fill in hidden pieces and spot how growing patterns grow.
- 5
Shapes: Sides, Corners, Hidden Shapes
Count sides and corners, find every shape hidden in a picture, and take a first look at cubes.
- 6
Mock Test 1
A mock test that reviews the weeks since the last one, with full solutions.
- 7
Tens and Ones; Digit Puzzles
Use tens and ones to crack puzzles about digits and numbers.
- 8
Missing Numbers and Balances
Find the missing number and balance the scales.
- 9
Ordering Clues
Tallest, first, in the middle: put things in order from clues.
- 10
Symmetry and Mirror Pictures
See what a picture looks like folded or in a mirror.
- 11
Clocks and Calendars
Puzzles with clock times and calendar days.
- 12
Mock Test 2
A mock test that reviews the weeks since the last one, with full solutions.
- 13
Adding and Subtracting Within 100
Mental tricks for adding and subtracting without counting on fingers.
- 14
Number Patterns and Skip Counting
Spot the rule in a number pattern and skip count to the answer.
- 15
Grid Paths and Mazes
Find and count paths through grids and mazes.
- 16
Coins and Money
Puzzles with coins: making amounts and giving change.
- 17
Mock Test 3
A longer mock test reviewing everything so far, with full solutions.
Contest skills
- 18
Organized Lists: All the Ways
List every possibility in order so none is missed.
- 19
Who-Is-Who and True/False Puzzles
Logic puzzles: use the clues to work out who is who.
- 20
Shape-Value Puzzles
Picture equations where each shape stands for a number.
- 21
Mock Test 4
A mock test that reviews the weeks since the last one, with full solutions.
- 22
Cube Buildings
Count the cubes in a building, including the hidden ones.
- 23
Which Piece Fits
Put shapes together and take them apart.
- 24
Mock Test 5
A contest-shaped mock in three rising levels, with full solutions.
- 25
Story Problems in Pictures
Compare amounts and find how many more.
- 26
Folding, Flips and Turns
Picture what happens when paper is folded, flipped or turned.
- 27
Mock Test 6
The first full contest-length mock test, with full solutions.
- 28
Strategy: Work Backwards
Start from the end and undo each step.
- 29
Measuring and Comparing
Puzzles about lengths and weights.
- 30
Equal Groups and Sharing
Make equal groups and share things out fairly.
- 31
Mock Test 7
A mock test that reviews the weeks since the last one, with full solutions.
- 32
Pictographs, Tallies and Bar Graphs
Read pictures of data and answer questions about them.
- 33
Strategy: Guess, Check and Improve
Make a smart guess, check it, and make the next guess better.
- 34
Mock Test 8
A full contest-length mock reviewing the contest-skills block.
Review and fun
- 35
Number Puzzles Revisited
Number pyramids and magic squares.
- 36
Shapes Revisited
Hidden shapes and cube views.
- 37
Counting and Logic Revisited
How many ways? Counting and logic, one level up.
- 38
Halves and Quarters of Shapes
A first look at halves and quarters.
- 39
Mixed Puzzle Week
The best kinds of puzzles from the whole year.
- 40
Mock Test 9
The year-end full contest-length mock test.
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Weekly Competition Practice — Grades 1–2
- A picture-led lesson, 10 picture puzzles & solutions every week
- Starts at week 1 the day you subscribe
- Regular mock tests that build up to a full contest paper
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Weekly Competition Practice is original material created by Math Explorers Club for independent practice.