Grade 1 Place Value Word Problems
Grade 1 place value word problems sheet: 8 problems on .
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Read each problem carefully. Show your work, then write your answer on the line.
- 1.Omar has 1 bags of 10 marbles and 9 loose marbles. How many marbles does Omar have?
- 2.Ava counts 58 crayons. How many groups of ten can Ava make, and how many are left over?
- 3.Hana has 9 bags of 10 marbles and 6 loose marbles. How many marbles does Hana have?
- 4.Priya counts 26 crayons. How many groups of ten can Priya make, and how many are left over?
- 5.Diego counts 91 crayons. How many groups of ten can Diego make, and how many are left over?
- 6.Ava has 2 bags of 10 marbles and 1 loose marbles. How many marbles does Ava have?
- 7.Uma has 2 bags of 10 marbles and 7 loose marbles. How many marbles does Uma have?
- 8.Leo counts 74 crayons. How many groups of ten can Leo make, and how many are left over?
What this worksheet covers
Eight story problems fill this word problems page; problem 3 asks "Hana has 9 bags of 10 marbles and 6 loose marbles. How many…", and the sheet stays at that level throughout. Within that, the problems are written as situations that have to be translated before they can be calculated and answers carry units, and a number without its unit is only half an answer. Further down, problem 6 asks "Ava has 2 bags of 10 marbles and 1 loose marbles. How many…".
Skills practiced
The grade 1 place value sequence covers tens and ones to 99, ten more and ten less, and comparing two-digit numbers; this page sits inside it. Concretely, the sheet tests whether a student can read a situation and choose an operation before computing.
About the word problems format
Story problems are set one to a line with room to work underneath, problem 3, "Hana has 9 bags of 10 marbles and 6 loose marbles. How many…" among them, and the key gives each of the 8 answers with its unit. Populations, prices and measurements put large and decimal numbers in context, which is where rounding actually matters.
Set A, Set B and Set C
The three sets come from the same generator with three different seeds: same skill, same layout, fresh numbers, and an answer key computed with the problems. Where Set A's problem 5 is "Diego counts 91 crayons. How many groups of ten can Diego…", Set B's is "Diego counts 81 crayons. How many groups of ten can Diego…".
How to use this worksheet
Grade 1 attention runs short, so split these eight place value problems over two or three sittings rather than pushing through in one; a number line or counters within reach is a strategy, not a failure. Use the key as a check, not as a grade; none of the eight problems needs a score attached to be useful.
Other grade 1 place value formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — 1.NBT.5 — 10 More or 10 Less Practice, 20 problems
- Timed Drill — Grade 1 Place Value Timed Drill, 60 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 1 Place Value Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 1 Place Value Mixed Review, 24 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- Grade 2 Place Value Word Problems — grade 2, 8 problems
Word Problems sheets in other grade 1 topics
Six PDFs, no sign-up: three versions of this grade 1 place value word problems and three answer keys, each eight problems long.