Elephant's Leftover Lions – Identifying Odd Numbers Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

If a lion has no partner it is odd! Find the odd numbers. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with identifying odd numbers, with a friendly elephant 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 11 marks in total:

• Activity A: Telling odd numbers by pairing.
• Activity B: Choosing the odd number.
• Activity C: Deciding if a number is odd.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Continuing odd number patterns
• Using ten frames for odd numbers
• Finding odd numbers by pairing
• Circling odd numbers

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 elephant 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 recognise odd numbers by pairing, patterns and the last digit. Answer key included.