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Colorado Standards

Colorado Kindergarten Math Standards

All 9 Colorado math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Colorado Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

9 standards

Number and Quantity

4 standards
MA.K.CC.A
Count to 100 by ones and tens, keep counting up from any given number, and write numerals 0 to 20 to show how many objects are in a group.
MA.K.CC.B
Count objects one at a time to find how many, knowing the last number said is the total, for up to 20 in a line or 10 scattered, and count out a set from 1 to 20.
MA.K.CC.C
Tell whether one group of up to 10 objects has more, fewer, or the same as another by matching or counting, and compare written numbers from 1 to 10.
MA.K.NBT.A
Break numbers from 11 to 19 into a ten and some extra ones with objects or drawings, and record it as an equation like 16 = 10 + 6.

Algebra and Functions

1 standard
MA.K.OA.A
Act out, draw, and solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10, split numbers up to 10 into pairs, find the partner that makes 10, and add and subtract within 5 quickly.

Data, Statistics, and Probability

2 standards
MA.K.MD.A
Name traits of an object you can measure, like length or weight, and compare two objects side by side to tell which is taller, longer, or heavier.
MA.K.MD.B
Sort objects into given groups, count how many land in each group of up to 10, and order the groups by their counts.

Geometry

2 standards
MA.K.G.A
Name flat and solid shapes like squares, triangles, cubes, and spheres in any size or turn, and describe where things are using words like above, behind, and next to.
MA.K.G.B
Compare flat and solid shapes by their sides, corners, and other features, build and draw shapes, and join small shapes into bigger ones, like two triangles into a rectangle.

The official Colorado documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Colorado's standards, not the official wording, which Colorado Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.