Card

Number

Word

Ask

Answer

1

add

If I gave you 6 stickers and then I gave you 3 more, how many stickers would you have in all?

9

2

addend

Which two numbers are the addends: 8 + 2 = 10?

8 and 2

3

analog clock

What number is the hour hand pointing to when you wake up?  What number is the minute hand on when you wake up?

Sample answer: The hour hand is on 7, and the minute hand is on 6.

4

bar graph

My class voted for their favorite sport.  The choices were baseball, soccer, and volleyball.  How many bars would I need to represent the data?

3

5

calendar

What is your favorite day on the calendar?  

Sample answer:  Sunday

6

cent

Which is more money, 25 pennies or one quarter?

They are equal amounts.

7

circle

What can you see in the sky during the day that is shaped like a circle?

I can see the sun.

8

cone

Can you name something that is not the shape of a cone?

Sample answer: a baseball

9

corner

Do you see a corner in our classroom?

Sample answer: There is a corner on my book.

10

cube

Can you find a block in the block center that is the shape of a cube?

Check students’ answers.

11

cylinder

Can you name some cans of foods that are shaped like a cylinder?

Sample answers: soup, beans, carrots

12

data

What data would you like to collect to learn more about first graders in your class?

Sample answer: How many students like to play basketball?

13

difference

Find the difference: 7 – 2 = ?

5

14

digital clock

When it is 8 o’clock, what three numbers will you see on a digital clock?

8, 0, 0

15

dime

If you have 40￠ in dimes, how many dimes do you have?

4

16

equal sign (=)

Write an addition problem with an equal sign.  Ask your friend to solve the problem.  Check the answer.

Sample answer:

6 + 2 = 8

17

estimate

How many crayons do you estimate that you can hold in one hand?

Sample answer: 8

18

fact family

If 7 and 15 are members of the fact family, what number is missing?

8

19

graph

How is a picture graph different from a bar graph?

Sample answer: A picture graph uses pictures to show data and a bar graph uses bars of different lengths to show data.

20

half hour

What number is the minute hand on when it is a half hour past 4:00?

6

21

hour

If it is 2:30 now, what time will it be in 4 hours?

6:30

22

hour hand

What number is the hour hand on when it is time for lunch/recess/gym class?

Sample answers: 12, 1, 2

23

is greater than (>)

Name someone whose age is greater than yours.

Sample answer: my dad

24

is less than (<)

Name someone whose age is less than yours.

Sample answer: my baby brother

25

minus sign (-)

Write a subtraction problem with a minus sign.  Trade it with a friend.  Check your answers.

Sample answer: 7 - 3 = 4

26

minute

It takes 8 minutes to eat breakfast and 2 minutes to brush your teeth.  How many minutes altogether?

10

27

minute hand

Which hand do you think moves faster, the minute hand or the hour hand?

minute hand

28

month

In what month is your birthday?

Sample answer: April

29

nickel

You have 30 cents in nickels.  How many nickels do you have?

6

30

number line

What numbers could you see on a number line?

Sample answer: any number

31

o’clock

What time each day do you think students go home from school?

Sample answer: 3 o’clock

32

ones

You have 5 tens.  How many ones do you need to make the number 58?

8

33

pattern

How could you show a pattern using clapping and stomping?

Sample answer: clap, clap, stomp, clap, clap, stomp, clap, clap, stomp

34

penny

If you have 11 cents in pennies, how many pennies do you have?

11

35

picture graph

What pictures would we need if we wanted to graph the toys that students play with?

Sample answer: A picture of each toy students like.

36

place value

What number is in the tens place of your school’s address?

See students’ answers.

37

plane shape

List all the plane figures you can find inside your desk.

Sample answers: paper, bookmark

38

plus sign (+)

Write a number sentence with a plus sign.

Sample answer: 6 + 4 = 10

39

pyramid

How many sides does a pyramid have?

8

40

quarter

If I give you 75￠ in quarters, how many quarters will you have?

3

41

rectangle

What other objects are in the shape of a rectangle?

Sample answer: shoe box, suit case, pencil box

42

rectangular prism

Name a favorite food of yours that comes in a box shaped like a rectangular prism.

Sample answer: cereal

43

solid shape

Which is a solid figure: a brick wall or a drawing of a rectangle?

A brick.

44

sphere

Can you name 3 things that can roll like a sphere?

Sample answer: a baseball, a grape, an orange

45

square

How many objects in our room are shaped like a square? Name them.

Sample answers: 3; math book, poster, table top

46

subtract

If you had 8 crayons and shared (gave away) 6, how many crayons would you have left?

2

47

sum

If you add up your fingers and your toes, what is the sum?

20

48

tally chart

What could you use a tally chart to show?

Sample answer: the number of girls and boys in class.

49

triangle

How many friends would you need to make a triangle on the playground?

2

50

week

If school is out in 2 weeks, how many days would that be?

14 days