Hippo's Rods and Cubes – Tens and Ones Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Read blocks made of rods and cubes. How many in all? This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with tens and ones, with a friendly hippo 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: Reading tens and ones from blocks.
• Activity B: Matching blocks to numbers.
• Activity C: Splitting numbers into tens and ones.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Splitting numbers into tens and ones
• Matching blocks to numbers
• Finding tens and ones digits
• Counting tens and ones from blocks

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 hippo 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 read numbers as tens and ones. Answer key included.