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Foundation maths worksheets

Counting, adding to 10, sharing and patterns, with big friendly print and an answer page.

Ready-made:Monday warm up: 10 mixedCounting to 20Adding and taking away to 10Repeating patterns

Foundation MathsCountingandnumberorderNameDateCounting and number orderAC9MFN01, AC9MFN031.6,7,,92.Whatnumbercomesafter1?3.Howmanydots?4.Howmanydots?5.Whatnumbercomesafter5?6.Howmanydots?7.Howmanydots?8.2,,4,59.3,,5,610.6,,8,9Free maths worksheets: teachbuysell.com.au/tools/maths-worksheetsSet 1 Page 1 of 2

Questions on this sheet

  1. 6, 7, blank, 9
  2. What number comes after 1? blank
  3. How many dots? blank
  4. How many dots? blank
  5. What number comes after 5? blank
  6. How many dots? blank
  7. How many dots? blank
  8. 2, blank, 4, 5
  9. 3, blank, 5, 6
  10. 6, blank, 8, 9
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Every topic Foundation covers in the Australian Curriculum v9. Each sheet is 10 questions on A4 with the answer key on the last page. Nothing to sign up for.

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What Foundation maths covers

Foundation maths in v9 is about number sense: saying, reading and ordering numbers to at least 20, seeing small collections at a glance (subitising), counting collections, and joining, separating and sharing small groups. Children copy and continue repeating patterns, compare length and mass directly, and order the days of the week. The sheets use dots and pictures so a child who cannot yet read the words can still work out what to do.

How I would use the sheets

  • Warm ups: a mixed sheet of 20 at the start of a lesson, a few questions from each topic, so earlier work keeps coming back. Press New questions for Tuesday.
  • After teaching a skill: one topic, 20 or 30 questions, with a worked example at the top so students can check their method before they start.
  • Differentiation: make the same topic at Easier, On level and Harder and hand out the one each group needs. They look the same, so nobody feels singled out.
  • Homework and relief: copy the link into your program or the relief folder. Whoever opens it prints the identical sheet and answers.

The Foundation question types and their v9 codes

Every type has three levels. The codes are the Australian Curriculum v9 content descriptions the questions practise; select one to read it in full.

On the sheetv9 code
Counting and number orderCounting collections and numbers to 20AC9MFN01AC9MFN02AC9MFN03
Addition and subtractionAdding and taking away within 10, with dotsAC9MFN04AC9MFN05
Multiplication and divisionSharing a collection equallyAC9MFN06
TimeDays of the weekAC9MFM02
MeasurementLonger and shorterAC9MFM01
Patterns and algebraRepeating patternsAC9MFA01
Tables and graphsReading a picture graphAC9MFST01

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For the board: the hundreds chart, number line, fraction wall and teaching clock. For practice: times tables worksheets. Guides: primary maths worksheets, maths warm ups, fractions worksheets, place value activities, multiplication and division activities.

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Are these Foundation maths worksheets free?

Yes. There is nothing to sign up for and no limit. The questions are made in your browser, so you can make as many sheets as you like and print them all.

Do the worksheets come with answers?

Every PDF ends with an answer key on its own page, numbered to match the questions. Print the questions for the class and keep the last page for marking.

How do I get a different set of questions?

Press New questions. Each set has a number, printed at the bottom of the sheet and kept in the page address, so the same link always gives the same questions and the same answers. Send the link to a colleague and they print exactly what you printed.

Are they matched to the Australian Curriculum?

Each question type is written for the content descriptions in the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 for that year, and the codes are printed beside each section, such as AC9M3N03. Where a type in a year revises the year before, it says so.

What do Easier, On level and Harder change?

On level sits inside the year’s content descriptions. Easier uses smaller numbers or fewer steps, for revision or students who need support. Harder stretches to the top of the year, for example regrouping in more than one column, without moving into the next year’s content.

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