Topics
Pick a topic to see how it's taught, what to try at home, and a sample sheet to print.
Grades K–1
Counting and ten frames
Count to 10, compare, and see numbers at a glance.
Grades 1–2Adding and taking away
Make 10, doubles, 10 more and 10 less.
Grades 1–3Tens, ones and place value
Regrouping and column math up to 1,000.
Grades 2–4Multiplying and dividing
Arrays, fair sharing and times tables.
Grades 1–3Skip counting
Counting by 2s, 5s and 10s on a number line.
Grades 1–3Telling time
Hours, half hours and minutes on a clock face.
Grades K–4Shapes
Corners, sides and lines of symmetry.
Grades 1–4Word problems
How to read a story and find the math in it.
Grades 1–4Fractions and rounding New in the app
Equal parts, fractions on a number line, and rounding to 10, 100 and 1,000.
What kids learn in each grade
Most US schools follow roughly this order. Every child moves at their own pace, and that's fine.
Kindergarten
- Count to 100 by ones and tens
- Count up to 20 objects
- Compare two groups: which has more?
- Add and take away within 10
- Name flat and solid shapes
Grade 1
- Add and take away within 20, using making 10
- Tens and ones in two-digit numbers
- 10 more and 10 less
- Tell time to the hour and half hour
- Word problems with adding and taking away
Grade 2
- Add and take away within 20 in their head
- Add and take away within 100, then 1,000
- Skip count by 5s, 10s and 100s
- Equal groups and arrays: the start of multiplying
- Tell time to five minutes
Grade 3
- Multiply and divide within 100
- Know the times tables by heart
- Round to the nearest 10 or 100
- Fractions as parts of a whole
- Two-step word problems
Grade 4
- Multiply bigger numbers
- Long division with remainders
- Equal fractions and comparing fractions
- Lines of symmetry and angles
- Word problems with several steps
Grade 5
- Fractions: adding, taking away and multiplying
- Decimals to hundredths
- Volume
- Points on a grid