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Utah Kindergarten Math Standards

All 30 Utah math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Utah State Board of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

30 standards

Mathematical Practices

8 standards
K.MP.1
Work out what a story problem asks, pick a way to solve it, try another way when stuck, and check that the answer makes sense, like recounting the cubes.
K.MP.2
Link numbers to real objects and stories and back again, like acting out 3 + 2 with toy cars, and treat number symbols as real amounts.
K.MP.3
Explain their thinking with objects, drawings, and actions, listen to the ideas of classmates, ask questions about them, and decide if they make sense.
K.MP.4
Show a real situation with math, like using counters or a drawing for 4 birds on a fence and 2 more landing, and tell what the model shows.
K.MP.5
Pick useful tools for a math problem, like counting bears, fingers, drawings, or a ten frame, and use them to find the answer.
K.MP.6
Use clear math words like more, fewer, and same when explaining, point to what each number stands for, and count and write numbers carefully.
K.MP.7
Notice patterns and structure in numbers and shapes, like seeing 7 as 5 and 2 more or a square as two triangles put together.
K.MP.8
Notice when the same thing happens again and again, like each next counting number being one more, and use it as a shortcut while checking each step.

Counting and Cardinality

7 standards
K.CC.1
Count out loud to 100, one number at a time and by tens, like 10, 20, 30.
Common Core K.CC.1
K.CC.2
Start counting from any number, like 7, and keep going without going back to 1.
Common Core K.CC.2
K.CC.3
Read and write numerals from 0 to 20, in counting order or not, and write the number that matches a group of objects, using 0 for an empty group.
K.CC.4
Count a group by touching each object once, know the last number said tells how many, and know the next number means one more.
Common Core K.CC.4
K.CC.5
Count to tell how many objects there are, up to 20 in a line, array, or circle and up to 10 scattered, and count out a set of 1 to 20 objects on request.
K.CC.6
Tell whether one group of up to 10 objects has more, fewer, or the same number as another group, by matching them up or counting.
K.CC.7
Compare two written numbers from 1 to 10 and say which is greater, which is less, or whether they are equal, like 8 is greater than 5.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

5 standards
K.OA.1
Show adding and taking away in many ways, like with fingers, objects, drawings, claps, acting it out, telling it, or writing a simple number sentence.
K.OA.2
Solve addition and subtraction story problems with numbers up to 10, using objects or drawings to show what happens.
K.OA.3
Break a number up to 10 into two parts in more than one way with objects or drawings, and record each split, like 6 = 1 + 5 and 6 = 2 + 4.
K.OA.4
For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 with it, like 3 and 7, using objects or drawings and recording the answer.
K.OA.5
Add and subtract within 5 quickly and accurately, like knowing 3 + 2 = 5 and 4 - 1 = 3 without counting.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

1 standard
K.NBT.1
Build and break apart numbers from 11 to 19 as ten ones and some more ones, using objects or drawings and recording it, like 16 = 10 + 6.

Measurement and Data

3 standards
K.MD.1
Talk about what can be measured on an object, like how long or how heavy it is, and name more than one for the same object.
Common Core K.MD.1
K.MD.2
Place two objects side by side to see which has more or less of something they share, like length or weight, and describe it as longer, shorter, heavier, or lighter.
K.MD.3
Sort objects into given groups, count how many are in each group, and order the groups by their counts, with no group larger than 10.

Geometry

6 standards
K.G.1
Name the shapes of everyday objects and say where things are using words like above, below, beside and behind.
Common Core K.G.1
K.G.2
Name shapes correctly no matter how big they are or which way they are turned, like a triangle pointing down.
K.G.3
Tell whether a shape is two-dimensional and flat, like a square, or three-dimensional and solid, like a cube or sphere.
K.G.4
Compare and sort flat and solid shapes of different sizes and positions, describing how they are alike and different in everyday words, like number of sides or corners.
K.G.5
Build and model shapes out of parts like straws and balls of clay, such as making a triangle from three sticks.
K.G.6
Put simple shapes together to make a bigger one, like joining two triangles to make a square.
Common Core K.G.6

The official Utah documents

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