Kindergarten math check
- Counting objects without skipping or counting twice
- Finding one more and one less
- Making five with two groups
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Math skill checks
Choose a grade, try six questions, and use the answers to decide what to practice next. Every check includes a printable PDF and explanations.
Each check samples three skills within a grade. It is a practice guide, not a complete grade assessment or a placement test.
1st Grade math check
- Understanding tens and ones
- Adding within twenty by making ten
- Using addition and subtraction fact families
2nd Grade math check
- Writing three-digit numbers in expanded form
- Adding with regrouping
- Subtracting with regrouping
3rd Grade math check
- Standard, expanded, and word form
- Understanding multiplication facts with equal groups
- Placing fractions on a number line
4th Grade math check
- Multiplication using an area model
- Finding equivalent fractions
- The difference between area and perimeter
5th Grade math check
- Finding the volume of composite figures
- Writing and evaluating numerical expressions
- Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
6th Grade math check
- Finding and using unit rates
- Absolute value as distance from zero
- Solving one-step equations with inverse operations
7th Grade math check
- Finding the constant of proportionality
- Solving rational-number word problems
- Calculating percent increase and decrease
8th Grade math check
- Equations with variables on both sides
- Slope as a rate of change
- Finding a missing leg of a right triangle
9th Grade math check
- How to solve multi-step equations
- Function notation: what f(x) means
- Slope-intercept form from equations and tables
10th Grade math check
- Using complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles
- Finding missing angles in triangles
- Distance and midpoint between two points
11th Grade math check
- Simplifying rational expressions and keeping restrictions
- Logarithms as exponents
- Geometric sequences and finite sums
12th Grade math check
- Composing functions in the correct order
- Evaluating limits by substitution and factoring
- Differentiating polynomials with the power rule