Grade 1 - Math
6 printable versions - Building Confidence - About 7 minutes each
Grade 1 - Math - Building Confidence
Worksheet 1Is this equation true or false? 1 + 4 = 5
Is this equation true or false? 3 + 2 = 7
Which equation is true?
8 = 2 + 6. Is the equation true?
What value is on both sides of 1 + 9 = 1 + 9?
Is this equation true or false? 3 + 3 = 6
Is this equation true or false? 2 + 7 = 10
Which equation is true?
6 = 1 + 5. Is the equation true?
What value is on both sides of 3 + 1 = 3 + 1?
The equal sign means that two sides have the same value. Many first graders first meet it as a signal to write an answer, so equations such as 6 = 4 + 2 or 3 + 5 = 4 + 4 can look strange. This worksheet teaches children to compare both sides instead of reading left to right as a command. Items include number equals expression, expression equals expression, and false equations with near-miss totals. Support pages use facts within ten. Standard and challenge pages include teen numbers and require more mental checking. Children may solve one side correctly and still forget to solve the other side, so the prompts ask them to decide and explain with values. Encourage a balance-scale idea: each side must weigh the same amount mathematically.
3 + 4 = 5 + 2 is true because both sides are 7.
Treating the equal sign as a place where the answer must always come next.
Solve each side, then compare the values.