1st Grade · Math
Find the Missing Number
Free printable 1st Grade math worksheet: Find the Missing Number. It lines up with Common Core 1.OA.D.8. For ages 6-7. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
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- 1st Grade
- Subject
- Math
- Ages
- 6–7
- Standard
- 1.OA.D.8
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Find the Missing Number” is sheet 3 of 30 in our free 1st Grade Math Worksheets collection, written for children aged 6–7.
In the set it comes after “Subtraction Facts to 10” and before “Tens and Ones”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
1.OA.D.8 · Common Core Math · Grade 1
Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Children work on understanding what addition and subtraction mean, solving word problems with them, and building fluency with adding and subtracting.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Use "Fact Families" as the bridge sheet. A child who sees that 3 + 4 = 7 and 7 − 4 = 3 are the same fact stops treating subtraction as a separate thing to memorise, which halves the work.
- 2
For word problems, have your child underline the question before touching the numbers. Most first-grade word-problem errors are reading errors, not arithmetic ones.
- 3
Do "Tens and Ones" before "Compare Two-Digit Numbers". Comparing 47 and 74 is guesswork until place value is solid.
- 4
On "Telling Time", read the analogue clock aloud as "half past three" as well as "three thirty". Children who only learn the digital form struggle when the wording changes on a test.
