Kindergarten Maths practice, done properly
Kindergarten Maths practice doesn’t need to feel like a mystery. This page gives you 450 Australian Curriculum Maths questions for Kindergarten students, organised into 15 tests that build from an easy confidence-starter through to genuine extension-level challenge questions. Every test covers the core Kindergarten Australian Curriculum topics — place value, mental strategies, fractions, measurement, shape, data and more — with every single answer option explained, so a wrong guess still teaches the concept behind it. The top tiers are calibrated against real past papers from competitive primary exams, so this is also strong preparation for NAPLAN and for the OC and Selective placement tests.
What Kindergarten Maths covers
Counting, comparing, sharing, patterns, measuring, shapes, position and data, matched to the Foundation Australian Curriculum scope:
Comparing how many
Comparing size and amount
Adding and taking away
Shapes around us
Days and times of day
Sharing fairly and equal groups
Repeating patterns
Where things are
How many? (seeing small groups)
Sorting and comparing groups
Counting and numbers to 20
Making 10 from two parts
Every question is read aloud
A Kindergarten child cannot read the question yet, so they do not have to. Every question on these tests has a Read this to me button that reads the question, the little text where there is one, and all four answers out loud — then your child taps the one they think is right. The counting questions show the objects on the screen, so the maths is in the picture rather than in the reading.
Kindergarten Maths explained, topic by topic
Every Kindergarten Maths topic below, in plain language. Kindergarten does not have its own free skill guides yet, so this is drawn from the teaching inside the questions themselves.
1. Comparing how many
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- The longer row has more, when the things are lined up the same way.
- Fewer means a smaller amount — the shorter row.
- You can compare two groups by lining them up and looking.
2. Comparing size and amount
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Comparing length means asking which one reaches further.
- Heavier means it takes more effort to lift.
- How much a container holds is called its capacity.
3. Adding and taking away
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Joining groups means counting them all together.
- You can add by counting on from the first group.
- Taking away makes the group smaller.
4. Shapes around us
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- A circle is round with no corners at all.
- A square has four sides and four corners.
- A triangle has three straight sides and three corners.
5. Days and times of day
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- The days go Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
- Thursday is the day just before Friday.
- Saturday and Sunday together are called the weekend.
6. Sharing fairly and equal groups
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Sharing fairly means everybody ends up with the same number.
- Nine shared between three is three each.
- Six shared between two is three each.
7. Repeating patterns
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- The repeating part is the shortest bit that starts over.
- Find the part that repeats, then say what comes after it.
- A repeating part can be longer than two things.
8. Where things are
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Over and under describe the same pair from opposite ends.
- On and under describe the same two things from opposite ends.
- Above and below are opposites.
9. How many? (seeing small groups)
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Two things side by side make a pair you can see straight away.
- One on its own is the number 1.
- Four can be seen as two and two.
10. Sorting and comparing groups
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Read which group the question names, then count only that row.
- The longest row in a sorted picture is the most popular choice.
- Each row in a sorted picture stands for one kind of thing.
11. Counting and numbers to 20
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Touch each thing once as you say the counting words.
- The last number you say when counting is how many there are.
- Counting on by one means saying the very next number.
12. Making 10 from two parts
What a Kindergarten child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- A ten-frame holds ten boxes, and you count only the filled ones.
- A ten-frame always has ten boxes, so the empty ones are ten take away the filled ones.
- Seven and three make ten.
Try real questions — easy and hard
Tests are graded from an easy confidence-builder (Test 1, free to try in full) up to genuine extension-level challenge questions by Test 15. Here's one of each:
Sample Question — from our free Test 1
Who has more marbles?
Ava: 🔵🔵 Ben: 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵
A
Both the same
The rows are different lengths, so one has more.
B
Ava
Ava has fewer. Her row is the shorter one.
C
Nobody
Both children have some marbles, so one of them has more.
D
Ben
Correct! Ben's row is longer, so Ben has more.
Sample Question — hardest tier (Test 15)
Are the two rows equal?
Row 1: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Row 2: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
A
There is no way to tell
You can tell by counting: both rows have 7.
B
No, row 1 has more
Match them up one to one — neither row sticks out.
C
Yes, both have 7
Correct! Both rows have 7, so they are equal.
D
No, row 2 has more
Match them up one to one — the rows end together.
Frequently asked questions
Is this Kindergarten Maths practice free?
Yes. Test 1 for Kindergarten Maths is completely free — no credit card and no account required to try it. Tests 2–15 are part of the paid subscription, which unlocks every year level and subject.
How many Kindergarten Maths questions are there?
180 questions across 15 tests, graded from an easy confidence-builder through to extension-level challenge tests. Every question has all 4 answer options explained, not just the correct one.
Is this aligned with the Australian Curriculum?
Yes. Questions are written to match the Kindergarten Australian Curriculum scope, and pitched a step above it, so a confident child is stretched rather than repeating classwork.
What age or year level is this for?
This is built for Kindergarten students (typically 7-8 year olds) following the Australian Curriculum, in every state and territory.
Do wrong answers get explained too?
Yes — every single option (right and wrong) has its own explanation, so a wrong guess still teaches the underlying concept instead of just marking it incorrect.