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Florida 1st Grade Math B.E.S.T. Standards

All 26 Florida math standards for 1st grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is one click away under each one.

26 standards

Number Sense and Operations

9 standards
Extend counting sequences and understand the place value of two-digit numbers.
MA.1.NSO.1.1
Count up or back by ones from any number within 120, skip count by twos up to 20, and skip count by fives up to 100.
Official wording
Starting at a given number, count forward and backwards within 120 by ones. Skip count by 2s to 20 and by 5s to 100.
MA.1.NSO.1.2
Read numbers to 100 shown as digits, as tens plus ones, or in words, and write them as digits or as tens plus ones, like 47 = 40 + 7.
Official wording
Read numbers from 0 to 100 written in standard form, expanded form and word form. Write numbers from 0 to 100 using standard form and expanded form.
MA.1.NSO.1.3
Build and break apart two-digit numbers into tens and ones in several ways with objects, drawings and equations, like 34 as 2 tens and 14 ones.
Official wording
Compose and decompose two-digit numbers in multiple ways using tens and ones. Demonstrate each composition or decomposition with objects, drawings and expressions or equations.
MA.1.NSO.1.4
Mark whole numbers up to 100 on a number line, put them in order, and compare them, like 68 is less than 86.
Official wording
Plot, order and compare whole numbers up to 100.
Develop an understanding of addition and subtraction operations with one- and two-digit numbers.
MA.1.NSO.2.1
Know addition facts up to a total of 10 and their matching subtraction facts quickly from memory, like 6 + 4 = 10 and 10 - 4 = 6.
Official wording
Recall addition facts with sums to 10 and related subtraction facts with automaticity.
MA.1.NSO.2.2
Reliably add two numbers with totals up to 20 and subtract using the matching facts, like 9 + 8 = 17 so 17 - 8 = 9.
Official wording
Add two whole numbers with sums from 0 to 20, and subtract using related facts with procedural reliability.
MA.1.NSO.2.3
Work out the number 1 more or 1 less and 10 more or 10 less than a two-digit number, like 46 gives 47, 45, 56 and 36.
Official wording
Identify the number that is one more, one less, ten more and ten less than a given two-digit number.
MA.1.NSO.2.4
Try out ways to add a one-digit number to a two-digit number with totals up to 100, like 38 + 5 using tens and ones.
Official wording
Explore the addition of a two-digit number and a one-digit number with sums to 100.
MA.1.NSO.2.5
Investigate taking a one-digit number away from a two-digit number, like 52 - 7 by counting back or breaking apart a ten.
Official wording
Explore subtraction of a one-digit number from a two-digit number.

Fractions

1 standard
Develop an understanding of fractions by partitioning shapes into halves and fourths.
MA.1.FR.1.1
Split circles and rectangles into two or four equal pieces and call the pieces halves or fourths, like cutting a pizza into fourths.
Official wording
Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal-sized parts. Name the parts of the whole using appropriate language including halves or fourths.

Algebraic Reasoning

5 standards
Solve addition problems with sums between 0 and 20 and subtraction problems using related facts.
MA.1.AR.1.1
Use the order and grouping rules of addition to add three or more numbers, like 4 + 7 + 6 by first making 10 with 4 + 6.
Official wording
Apply properties of addition to find a sum of three or more whole numbers.
MA.1.AR.1.2
Work out real-life addition and subtraction word problems by modeling them with counters, a sketch or an equation, like 13 stickers minus the 5 given away.
Official wording
Solve addition and subtraction real-world problems using objects, drawings or equations to represent the problem.
Develop an understanding of the relationship between addition and subtraction.
MA.1.AR.2.1
Turn a subtraction problem into an addition problem with a missing part, like solving 12 - 5 by asking what number added to 5 makes 12.
Official wording
Restate a subtraction problem as a missing addend problem using the relationship between addition and subtraction.
MA.1.AR.2.2
Decide whether an addition or subtraction equation is true or false and explain why, like 5 + 3 = 4 + 4 is true.
Official wording
Determine and explain if equations involving addition or subtraction are true or false.
MA.1.AR.2.3
Find the missing number in an addition or subtraction equation with three numbers, no matter where the unknown sits, like 8 plus what number equals 13.
Official wording
Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation, relating three whole numbers, with the unknown in any position.

Measurement

5 standards
Compare and measure the length of objects.
MA.1.M.1.1
Estimate how long something is to the nearest inch, then measure it with a ruler to the nearest inch or centimeter.
Official wording
Estimate the length of an object to the nearest inch. Measure the length of an object to the nearest inch or centimeter.
MA.1.M.1.2
Compare and order up to three objects by length, side by side or by using a third object, like a string, to compare two that cannot touch.
Official wording
Compare and order the length of up to three objects using direct and indirect comparison.
Tell time and identify the value of coins and combinations of coins and dollar bills.
MA.1.M.2.1
Tell and write time to the hour and half hour on analog and digital clocks, like 3:00 and 3:30.
Official wording
Using analog and digital clocks, tell and write time in hours and half-hours.
MA.1.M.2.2
Name pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, write their values with the cent sign, and say how many of each make one dollar.
Official wording
Identify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, and express their values using the ¢ symbol. State how many of each coin equal a dollar.
MA.1.M.2.3
Count up groups of pennies, nickels and dimes to a dollar and groups of $1, $5 and $10 bills to $100, writing totals with the ¢ or $ sign.
Official wording
Find the value of combinations of pennies, nickels and dimes up to one dollar, and the value of combinations of one, five and ten dollar bills up to $100. Use the ¢ and $ symbols appropriately.

Geometric Reasoning

4 standards
Identify and analyze two- and three-dimensional figures based on their defining attributes.
MA.1.GR.1.1
Name, compare and sort flat and solid shapes such as semi-circles, trapezoids, hexagons and rectangular prisms by the features that define them.
Official wording
Identify, compare and sort two- and three-dimensional figures based on their defining attributes. Figures are limited to circles, semi-circles, triangles, rectangles, squares, trapezoids, hexagons, spheres, cubes, rectangular prisms, cones and cylinders.
MA.1.GR.1.2
Draw a triangle, rectangle, square or hexagon from a description of its features, like a shape with six straight sides.
Official wording
Sketch two-dimensional figures when given defining attributes. Figures are limited to triangles, rectangles, squares and hexagons.
MA.1.GR.1.3
Put shapes together and take them apart, like two trapezoids making a hexagon or two cubes making a rectangular prism.
Official wording
Compose and decompose two- and three-dimensional figures. Figures are limited to semi-circles, triangles, rectangles, squares, trapezoids, hexagons, cubes, rectangular prisms, cones and cylinders.
MA.1.GR.1.4
Point out the parts of a real object that look like flat or solid shapes, like the rectangle top and cylinder legs of a table.
Official wording
Given a real-world object, identify parts that are modeled by two- and three-dimensional figures. Figures are limited to semi-circles, triangles, rectangles, squares and hexagons, spheres, cubes, rectangular prisms, cones and cylinders.

Data Analysis and Probability

2 standards
Collect, represent and interpret data using pictographs and tally marks.
MA.1.DP.1.1
Sort information into groups and show the counts with tally marks or a picture graph, like favorite fruits in the class.
Official wording
Collect data into categories and represent the results using tally marks or pictographs.
MA.1.DP.1.2
Read a tally chart or picture graph to find the total count and tell how many more or fewer one group has than another.
Official wording
Interpret data represented with tally marks or pictographs by calculating the total number of data points and comparing the totals of different categories.

The official Florida documents

Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, Florida Department of Education.

The plain-English lines are EMStudio's own explanations, shown beside the official wording. They are not part of the standards.