Monkey's Pile Patrol – Comparing Quantities Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Which pile is bigger? Count carefully and compare quantities. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with comparing quantities, with a friendly monkey to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and footer, and a teacher answer key on page 2.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 3 activities worth 9 marks in total:

• Activity A: Comparing larger quantities.
• Activity B: Counting counters.
• Activity C: Comparing numbers.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Using more, fewer and the same
• Comparing ten frames
• Writing a comparison symbol
• Counting two groups and comparing

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Mark with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the monkey when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in the IB PYP Number strand, where learners compare groups of objects using more, fewer and the same. Answer key included.