Math Puzzles for 1st Grade

Welcome to our Math Puzzles for 1st grade page.

Here you will find our range of 1st Grade Math Brain Teasers and Puzzles which will help your child apply and practice their Math skills to solve a range of challenges and number problems.

Math Puzzles

Using puzzles is a great way to learn Math facts and develop mental calculation and thinking skills in a fun and easy way.

Most children are much more engaged and motivated solving puzzles than working out pages of traditional math facts.

Using these math puzzles below will help your child to develop their Math fact skills as well as their strategic thinking and reasoning.

There are different versions of each puzzle from 1st to 5th grade, so it is easy to find an easier or harder version of the same puzzle. Each puzzle comes complete with answers.

Math Puzzles for 1st Grade

Here you will find a range of challenges and puzzles to develop your child's math skills and number facts in a fun way.

These puzzles have been designed to support the first grade skills of adding and subtracting, as well as problem solving.

Using these math puzzles for 1st grade will help your child to:

  • learn and practice their addition facts to 12+12;
  • practice their subtraction facts to 12;
  • develop problem solving skills and reasoning.
All of our math puzzles for 1st grade support Common Core.

Math Puzzles for 1st Grade

Salamander Line-Up

Tricolor Circles Puzzle

Five Circles Puzzle

Captain's Square Puzzle

Newton's Crosses Puzzle

The Two Chests Puzzle 1

Quadra's Square Puzzle

Quadra's Addition Square Puzzle

Magic Square Puzzle

Sally's Hexagon Puzzle

Arithmogon Triangle Puzzle

Newton's Number Track Puzzle

Quadra's Operation Puzzle

Tree Adding Puzzle

Number Maze Target 15 Puzzle

Number Grid Challenge: Target 20 Puzzle

Looking for a harder puzzle...?

If these Math Puzzles for 1st grade are not at the right level for you, try some of our harder 2nd grade math puzzles.

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Number Search Puzzles

Number Search Puzzles are a great way to get children looking for numbers and developing number recognition skills.

They are also a good resource for developing short term number memory skills, and can be a good way to take the fear out of large numbers.

We have a range of different number search puzzles - from easier puzzles to trickier ones to work out.

With the easier puzzles, the numbers only go horizontally (left to right) or vertically downwards.

The numbers get progressively larger on the trickier puzzles, and the grids get larger.

First Grade Math Games

Here you will find a range of free printable First Grade Math games. All children like to play Math games, and you will find a good range of 1st Grade Math Games here for your child to play and enjoy.

1st Grade Math Word Problems

Here you will find a range of math word problems aimed at first grade level. Each problem sheet is based on an interesting theme such as parties or the seaside.

Math Riddles

Here is our collection of free math riddles from 1st grade to 5th grade.

You will find a range of number riddles which will help your child to develop their place value skills, as well as developing their problem solving and reasoning.

The riddles are also useful for developing understanding of mathematical language.

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