Year 1 Maths practice, done properly
Year 1 Maths practice doesn’t need to feel like a mystery. This page gives you 450 Australian Curriculum Maths questions for Year 1 students, organised into 15 tests that build from an easy confidence-starter through to genuine extension-level challenge questions. Every test covers the core Year 1 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 Year 1 Maths covers
Number, algebra, measurement, space and statistics, matched to the Year 1 Australian Curriculum scope:
Place value (tens and ones)
Measurement (length, mass, capacity)
Sharing and grouping
Repeating patterns
Number and counting (to 120)
Money and everyday problems
Data and tally charts
Addition and subtraction (to 20)
Time (days, months, hours)
Position and direction
Skip counting and equal groups
2D shapes and 3D objects
Year 1 Maths explained, topic by topic
Every Year 1 Maths topic below, in plain language. Year 1 does not have its own free skill guides yet, so this is drawn from the teaching inside the questions themselves.
1. Place value (tens and ones)
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- In 26 the 2 means 2 tens and the 6 means 6 ones.
- The first digit of a two-digit number tells you how many tens.
- The last digit of a two-digit number tells you how many ones.
2. Measurement (length, mass, capacity)
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Heavier means harder to lift, whatever size the thing is.
- Comparing length means asking which one reaches further.
- How much something holds is called its capacity.
3. Sharing and grouping
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Sharing equally means everyone ends up with the same number.
- Three fours make twelve, so twelve shares three ways as four each.
- Half of 10 is 5, so sharing 10 between 2 gives 5 each.
4. Repeating patterns
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- A repeating pattern keeps going round in the same order.
- Look at what followed the same item earlier in the pattern.
- Test a repeating part by saying it twice and checking it matches.
5. Number and counting (to 120)
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- After 109 comes 110, just as after 9 comes 10.
- Counting on by one means saying the very next number.
- The later a number comes when you count, the bigger it is.
6. Money and everyday problems
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Two coins of the same value make double that value.
- The number printed on a coin is how many cents it is worth.
- Add the biggest coin first, then count the rest on.
7. Data and tally charts
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- The fifth mark crosses the group so fives can be spotted at a glance.
- Tally marks are grouped in fives so they can be counted quickly.
- Count the groups by fives, then count the loose marks on.
8. Addition and subtraction (to 20)
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Adding means counting on, starting from the next number.
- Fill up to ten first, then add what is left over.
- Doubles like 5 + 5 are worth knowing off by heart.
9. Time (days, months, hours)
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- The days of the week always come round in the same order.
- Counting weeks in days means counting by sevens.
- A week is always 7 days, ending with the weekend.
10. Position and direction
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- Under and above describe the same arrangement from opposite ends.
- Left and right are the two sides, and they are opposites.
- Up and down describe moving higher or lower.
11. Skip counting and equal groups
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- How far you count and how many numbers you say are different questions.
- Counting by twos means adding two each time.
- Counting by tens makes the tens digit go up by one each time.
12. 2D shapes and 3D objects
What a Year 1 child should be able to say by the end of this topic:
- A square has 4 sides and every one is the same length.
- A triangle is any closed shape with exactly 3 straight sides.
- A shape with straight sides has the same number of corners as sides.
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
The number 26 has how many tens?
A
26
26 is the whole number, not the count of its tens.
B
6
6 is the ones digit in 26. The tens digit comes first.
C
2
Correct! The 2 in 26 stands for 2 tens, which is 20.
D
8
8 is 2 and 6 added together. The tens digit is just the 2.
Sample Question — Hard tier (Test 15)
In a one-to-one picture chart, what does each picture stand for?
A
ten things
Ten to a picture would not be one-to-one.
B
the whole group
One picture for a whole group would hide how many there are.
C
one thing
Correct! One-to-one means one picture for every single thing.
D
five things
Five to a picture would be a tally group, not one-to-one.
Frequently asked questions
Is this Year 1 Maths practice free?
Yes. Test 1 for Year 1 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 Year 1 Maths questions are there?
360 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 Year 1 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 Year 1 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.