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Georgia Standards

Georgia 1st Grade Math Standards

All 30 Georgia math standards for 1st grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Georgia Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

30 standards

Mathematical Practices

8 standards
1.MP.1
Read a problem carefully, make a plan and keep going when it is hard, like trying a drawing when counting on fingers gets confusing.
1.MP.2
Link numbers to the situations they describe, like writing 8 + 5 for 8 kids on a bus when 5 more get on, then telling what 13 means.
1.MP.3
Explain why a strategy or answer works and respond to classmates' ideas, like showing on a number line why 9 + 4 is 13.
1.MP.4
Use drawings, objects and number sentences to show real situations, like a picture and an equation for crayons shared with a friend.
1.MP.5
Pick the right tool for the job, like base ten blocks, a hundred chart, a number line or paper clips for measuring, and use it well.
1.MP.6
Use the equal sign and math words correctly and check work closely, like counting tens and ones carefully before comparing two numbers.
1.MP.7
Spot structure in numbers and use it, like seeing 34 as 3 tens and 4 ones or using 6 + 4 = 10 to solve 6 + 5.
1.MP.8
Notice repeated steps and use them as shortcuts, like seeing that adding 10 to a number always raises the tens digit by one.

Numerical Reasoning

13 standards
1.NR.1.1
Count up and back from any starting number up to 120, and read, write and match numerals in that range to groups of objects.
1.NR.1.2
Explain that the left digit of a two-digit number tells how many tens and the right digit how many ones, like 52 is 5 tens and 2 ones.
1.NR.1.3
Compare and order whole numbers up to 100 with objects and drawings, and record comparisons with symbols, like 47 < 74.
1.NR.2.1
Solve addition and subtraction problems within 20 using different methods, like counting on, making a ten or using doubles.
1.NR.2.2
Work through strings of related problems with pictures and equations to build adding and subtracting methods within 20, like 5 + 5, 5 + 6, 5 + 7.
1.NR.2.3
See that subtraction undoes addition within 20 and use that link to solve real problems, like solving 13 - 5 by thinking 5 + 8 = 13.
1.NR.2.4
Add and subtract within 10 quickly and accurately, using methods like counting on, doubles or facts that make 10.
1.NR.2.5
Decide whether addition and subtraction equations are true or false by knowing the equal sign means both sides match, like 4 + 3 = 5 + 2.
1.NR.2.6
Find the missing number in an addition or subtraction equation with three whole numbers, like working out what added to 8 makes 11.
1.NR.2.7
Use properties of operations as strategies for adding and subtracting within 20, like switching the order of addends or grouping to make a ten.
1.NR.5.1
Add and subtract one- and two-digit whole numbers to solve real and math problems, choosing from several methods, like 34 + 5 or 47 - 20.
1.NR.5.2
Find 10 more or 10 less than any two-digit number in their head, like 47 + 10 = 57, without counting, and explain how they know.
Common Core 1.NBT.5
1.NR.5.3
Add and subtract numbers made of whole tens, up to 100, like 30 + 40 = 70 or 90 - 50 = 40.

Patterning & Algebraic Reasoning

2 standards
1.PAR.3.1
Explore, make and predict what comes next in repeating patterns with up to 3 parts in the core, using shapes, number strings or a repeated operation.
1.PAR.3.2
Find, describe and make patterns that grow, shrink or repeat by adding or subtracting 1s, 2s, 5s or 10s, like 5, 10, 15, 20.

Geometric & Spatial Reasoning

3 standards
1.GSR.4.1
Name flat and solid shapes, sort them by features like number of sides, and build and draw shapes that have given defining features.
1.GSR.4.2
Combine flat shapes like squares, triangles and half circles, or solids like cubes and cones, into a composite shape, then build new shapes from it.
1.GSR.4.3
Divide circles and rectangles into two or four equal shares, like folding a paper rectangle into 2 or 4 same-size parts.

Measurement & Data Reasoning

4 standards
1.MDR.6.1
Estimate and measure lengths with nonstandard units like paper clips, record them, then compare and order up to three objects and describe them.
1.MDR.6.2
Tell and write time to the hour and half hour on analog and digital clocks, and use a given number line to count whole hours that pass.
1.MDR.6.3
Know that a quarter is worth 25 cents and tell which of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter is worth more or less.
1.MDR.6.4
Ask and answer questions using collected information, observations and simple graphs to compare and order whole numbers, like votes for favorite fruits.

The official Georgia documents

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