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1st Grade Math Fun: No. 17
Free Singapore Math Questions
Elementary Math Worksheets

The Four Operations of Whole Numbers
Addition, Subtraction,
Multiplication and Division

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Math clip art: Math Professor at blackboard. Scientist. Teacher. Lecturer.

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Let's begin our 1st Grade Fun Math Questions - Worksheet 17.

Singapore 1st Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Worksheet 17
The Four Operations of Whole Numbers



First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 1
Math clip art: red ant doing one hand pushup. Exercise. Gym.

Ann Ant, my 1st grade math teacher, can do 6 one-handed push-ups. Bob Beetle, my history teacher, can double that. How many one-handed push-ups can they do altogether?







1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 2

Sara could pop 9 earthworms into her mouth and chew them all at the same time. Barbara could easily double that. How many yucky earthworms can they chew altogether?






First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 3

Math clip art: bear threatening man. camper. picknicker. caravan. recreational vehicle. rv.

Bobo Bear, a very naughty bear, loves to catch picnickers and put them in cages. After 3 active days of catching men and women, he had quite a lot of people. If he had 3 cages with 4 men and 4 women in each cage, how many people did he cage altogether?





1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 4

Shirlene collects skulls for fun. She now has 5 baskets full of skulls. If each basket has 3 gopher skulls and 2 blue whale skulls, how many skulls does she have in her collection altogether?






First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 5

Math clip art: Brain on vacation. Holiday. Umbrella. Sipping drink.

Bradley Brain is the best math whiz in the world. Last year, he won many medals in math competitions. He ate 29 of his medals for they were made of chocolate. He gave away 32 of his medals to poor children in New Guinea while he was on vacation there. He wanted to motivate them to become math professors. If he had 16 medals left, how many medals did he win last year?





1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 6

Muthu baked some potato pies. He threw 23 of them at his son for failing his Singapore math test and gave 14 of them to a hungry beggar who came to his house. If Muthu had 31 pies left for dinner, how many pies did he bake in the beginning?






First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 7

Math clip art: buffalo grazing. Plains. American bison.

Guess the number of brawling bison in my bedroom. It is an odd number between 12 and 19. You can find the number if you count in 5s. What is the number?





1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 8

My head feels itchy. Guess the number of lice on my head. It is an even number between 15 and 20. You can find the number if you count in 6s. What is the itchy number?







First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 9

Math clip art: Panda standing. China. Zoo. Endangered species.

There were some pretty pandas and charming chickens cooking in my kitchen yesterday. If there were 7 heads and 22 legs in my kitchen, how many chickens were there? The animals cooked a wonderful dinner.





1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 10

I saw an amazing animal marching band last year. The band was made up of giraffes playing drums and ostriches blowing trumpets. If there were 32 legs and 11 heads in the cool animal marching band, how many ostriches were there?






First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 11

Math clip art: Blue cobra. snake. serpent.

Candice Cobra and Penelope Python, being dedicated mothers, knitted some socks for their babies. Candice Cobra knitted 14 socks. Penelope Python knitted 4 more socks than Penelope. They then gave the socks to their 4 babies to wear. But their babies didn't have any feet! So in disappointment, Candice Cobra and Penelope Python fried the socks and served them equally to their 4 babies. How many socks did each baby get to swallow?





1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 12

There was a spoon-bending competition in my town. But it had a twist - you had to bend the spoons with your tongue. Carly Chameleon bent 21 spoons with his strong sticky tongue. Iggy Iguana, his brother, bent 12 fewer spoons than Carly Chameleon. They took their spoons home and gave them to their 6 kids. How many spoons did each kid get?








First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 13

Math clip art: Soldier kicks door. Terrorist. Commando. SAS. Hostage situation.

Preston and Terry were soldiers who caught many terrorists but hated to carry the bombs. Yesterday, they heard that terrorists were making bombs in a house in New York. So they broke down the door and nabbed the terrorists. They found many bombs in the house and had to carry them back to their army truck. Preston picked up 28 bombs at first but he found them to be too heavy to carry. So he gave Terry 5 of his bombs but he still had 2 more bombs than Terry in his hands after that. How many bombs did Terry carry in the end?





1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 14

My mom pickled some earthworms last year. She put 57 earthworms on my plate for supper yesterday. I couldn't eat all of them so I gave 15 to my brother. If my brother had 4 fewer earthworms than me after that, how many earthworms did he have in the beginning?






First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 15

Math clip art: Pink starfish and blue fish. Underwater. Ocean. Sea.

A manatee and a dugong are going to be married tomorrow. My 6 pet starfish wanted to attend the wedding. They went to a shop to buy some silver bracelets to decorate their arms. However, there were only 18 bracelets at the shop. If each starfish has 5 arms, how many more bracelets do they need? They want to wear a bracelet for each arm.





1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 16

In the land of Galabulu, all green monsters have 4 tongues each. They have tongues sticking out of weird places such as their foreheads and nostrils. 7 green sisters decided to have their tongues pierced. They traipsed off to a piercing shop to pierce their tongues. After piercing their tongues, they wanted to buy some colorful rings to wear on their tongues. Unluckily, the lady at the shop had only 11 rings, certainly not enough for the eager sisters. How many more rings do the sisters need if they want to wear rings on all of their tongues?






First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 17

Math clip art: Wasp chases boy. Bee. Frightened. Running.

Some naughty boys were throwing stones at two wasps. The wasps became angry and stung the boys. Wendy Wasp stung 4 boys 3 times each. Wella Wasp, who was furious, stung 5 boys 5 times each. How many more times than Wendy Wasp did Wella Wasp sting?





1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 18

My brother caught 23 slimy snails and put them in 3 groups of 7. How many snails were not in any group.






First Grade Elementary Math Worksheets: Homeschool Fun
Math Question 19

Math clip art: Wizard at helm. Steering. Ship. Sailing.

Walter Wizard sailed to Brazil to talk to the howler monkeys. When he arrived at the palace of the howler monkeys, he was shocked by their rude behavior - the monkeys actually howled at him. Walter Wizard, in a fit of rage, turned 35 of the monkeys into cucumbers. He chopped up 11 of the cucumbers on the spot to make a salad. He ate his salad and pickled the rest of the cucumbers. If he put the pickled cucumbers evenly into 4 bottles, how many cucumbers were in each bottle?





1st Grade Math Worksheets: Singapore Math Word Problems: 20

Weston loved to shock geckos into dropping their tails. On Sunday, he shocked enough lizards to collect 5 bottles full of lizard tails. Each bottle had 4 tails each. On Monday, he shocked a few more lizards and was able to fill up 3 small bottles with 3 tails each. How many tails are there in his collection now?






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Free Elementary Math Worksheet
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Singapore 1st Grade Math Worksheet 17 - Answers

Q1 - 18, Q2 - 27, Q3 - 24, Q4 - 25, Q5 - 77

Q6 - 68, Q7 - 15, Q8 - 18, Q9 - 3, Q10 - 6

Q11 - 8, Q12 - 5, Q13 - 21, Q14 - 23, Q15 - 12

Q16 - 17, Q17 - 13, Q18 - 2, Q19 - 6, Q20 - 29

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