Samples for the Math Mammoth Blue Series, Grades 1-3

The Blue Series books are self-teaching worktexts, containing both explanations and exercises. They are designed for parents and children - explaining things clearly and easily that most children can study on their own.

This index includes the complete lesson lists from all Math Mammoth Blue Series books for Grades 1-3. I have a separate index for the Blue Series books for grades 4-7.

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BLUE SERIES BOOKS(Grades 1-3)

Addition 1 (Grade 1)

Subtraction 1 (Grade 1)

Add & Subtract 2-A (Grades 1 - 2)

Add & Subtract 2-B (Grade 2)

Add Subtract 3 (Grades 2 - 3)

Place Value 1 (Grade 1)

Place Value 2 (Grade 2)

Place Value 3 (Grade 3)

 

U.S. Money (Grades 1- 3)

Canadian Money (Grades 1 - 3)

European Money (Grades 1-3)

British Money (Grades 1-3)

Australian Money (Grades 1-3)

New Zealand Money (Grades 1-3)

South African Money (Grades 1-3)

 

Clock (Grades 1 - 3)
 

Measuring 1 (Grades 1 - 3)

Metric Measuring 1 (Grades 1 - 3)

Early Geometry (Grades 1 - 3)

Data and Graphs (Grades 2 - 5)

 

Multiplication 1 (Grade 3)

Division 1 (Grade 3)

Introduction to Fractions
(Grades 2 - 4)

SAMPLES AND LESSON LISTS

Addition 1  (Grade 1)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Two Groups and a Total  See sample
Learn Symbols + and =  See sample
Addition Practice  1
Which is More?
Missing Items  See sample
Sums with 5
Sums with 6  See sample   
Adding on a Number Line  See sample
Sums with 7
Sums with 8
Adding Many Numbers
Addition Practice 2
Sums with 9  See sample
Sums with 10
Some Symbols 
Comparisons
Review of Addition Facts
 

 

Subtraction 1  (Grade 1)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Subtraction is “Taking Away”  See sample
Count Down to Subtract
Subtraction and Addition in The Same Picture  See sample
When Can You Subtract?
Two Subtractions from One Addition
Two Parts - One Total
Fact Families  See sample
How Many More?
"How Many More"  Problems and Difference
"How Many More"  Problems and Subtraction
Subtracting Many Numbers
Review
Addition and Subtraction Facts with 4 and 5
Addition and Subtraction Facts with 6  See sample
Addition and Subtraction Facts with 7
Addition and Subtraction Facts with 8
Addition and Subtraction Facts with 9
Addition and Subtraction Facts with 10
Review - Facts with 6, 7, and 8
Review - Facts with 9 and 10

Add & Subtract 2-A  (Grades 1 - 2)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Add Using "Just One More"
A "Trick" with Nine and Eight See sample
Adding within 20
Subtract to Ten
Subtract Using Addition
Review: Completing the Next Whole Ten See sample
Review: Going Over Ten
Adding with 9
Adding with 8  See sample
Adding with 7
Adding with 6
Review Facts with 6, 7 and 8
Difference and How Many More
Number  Rainbows - 11 and 12  See sample
Fact Families - 11
Fact Families - 12
Number  Rainbows - 13 and 14
Fact Families - 13 and 14  See sample
Fact Families - 15
Fact Families - 16
Fact Families - 17 and 18
Review

Add & Subtract 2-B  (Grade 2)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Adding Within the Same Ten
Subtracting Within the Same Ten
Add and Subtract Two-Digit Numbers
Subtract from Whole Tens
Doubling
One-Half
Pictographs
Adding with Whole Tens  See sample
Subtracting Whole Tens
Completing the Next Ten
Going Over Ten  See sample
Add with Two-Digit Numbers Ending in 9  See sample
Add a Two-Digit Number and
a Single-Digit Number Mentally
Regrouping with Tens
Add in Columns Practice
Mental Addition of Two-Digit Numbers
Adding Three or Four Numbers Mentally
Adding Three or Four Numbers in Columns
Regrouping in Subtraction, Part 1  See sample
Regrouping in Subtraction, Part 2
Regrouping in Subtraction, Part 3
Word Problems
Mental Subtraction, Part 1  See sample
Mental Subtraction, Part 2
Review

Add & Subtract 3  (Grades 2-3)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Add and Subtract Whole Hundreds  See sample
Practice With Whole Hundreds
Completing the Next Hundred   See sample
Adding Whole Tens
Subtracting Whole Tens
Patterns and Problems
Adding 3-Digit Numbers Problems
Regrouping 10 Tens as a Hundred
Add in Columns: Regrouping Twice
Review: Regrouping in Addition
Regrouping One Ten As Ten Ones with 3-Digit Numbers
Regrouping One Hundred As 10 Tens
Review: Regrouping in Subtraction
Regrouping Twice in Subtraction  See sample
Regrouping Twice in Subtraction, Part 2
Regrouping with Zero Tens
Regrouping with Zero Tens, Part 2
Mental Addition
Review: Mental Subtraction
More Mental Subtraction
Ordinal Numbers and Roman Numerals
More Mental Addition
Mental Subtraction with Three-Digit Numbers See sample
Rounding 3-Digit Numbers to the Nearest Ten
The Connection with Addition and Subtraction  See sample
Mileage Chart
Order of Operations
Graphs
Review

Place Value 1 - Tens and Ones  (Grade 1)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Counting in Groups of Ten  See sample
Naming and Writing Numbers
The “Teen” Numbers
Building Numbers 11-40  See sample
Building Numbers 41-100
A 100-Chart
Add and Subtract Whole Tens
Practicing with Numbers
Which Number is Greater?  See sample
Numbers Beyond 100
More Practice with Numbers
Skip Counting Practice  See sample
Rounding to the Nearest Ten
Bar Graphs
Tally Marks
Regrouping: Make Another Ten from the Ones
Review

Place Value 2 - Hundreds  (Grade 2)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Three-Digit Numbers  See sample
Hundreds on the Number Line
Forming Numbers—and Breaking Them Apart
Skip-Counting by Tens
More Skip-Counting
Which Number Is Greater?  See sample
Comparing Numbers and Some Review  See sample
Rounding to the Nearest Ten
Rounding to the Nearest Hundred
Bar Graphs and Pictographs
Review

Place Value 3  (Grade 3)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Thousands 
Four-Digit Numbers and Place Value  See sample
Which Number is Greater?
Mental Adding and Subtracting
Add Four-Digit Numbers with Regrouping
Subtract Four-Digit Numbers with Regrouping  See sample
Rounding to the Nearest Hundred  See sample
Rounding
Estimating
Word Problems
Review

U.S. Money  (Grades 1 - 3)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Counting Dimes, Nickels, and Cents 
Counting Dimes, Nickels, and Cents 2
Quarters  See sample
Practicing with Money  See sample
Change
Counting Coins Review
Review - Coins
Adding Money Amounts  See sample
Using the Half-Dollar
Dollars 1
Dollars 2
Counting Change  See sample
Making Change
Mental Math and Money Problems
Solving Money Problems 
Review 1
Review 2

Canadian Money  (Grades 1 - 3)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Counting Dimes and Nickels  See sample
Counting Dimes and Nickels 2
Quarters
Practicing with Money
Change  See sample
Counting Coins Review
Review - Coins
Adding Money Amounts  
Using the Half-Dollar
Dollars  See sample
Dollars 2
Counting Change
Making Change
Mental Math and Money Problems
Solving Money Problems  See sample
Review

European Money  (Grades 1 - 3)

Contents See sample
Counting One, Two and Five-Cent Coins See sample
Ten, Twenty and Fifty-Cent Coins
Practising with Coins
Practising Shopping See sample
Change
Counting Coins Revision
Revision - Coins
Euros
Cents and Euro Amounts
Adding Money Amounts
Euros, Part 2  See sample
Counting Change See sample
Making Change
Mental Maths and Money Problems  See sample
Solving Money Problems
Revision

British Money  (years 2 - 4)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Counting 1p, 2p, and 5p Coins  See sample
10p, 20p, and 50p Coins
Practising with Coins
Practising Shopping  See sample
Change
Counting Coins Revision  See sample
Revision - Coins
Pounds
Pence and Pound Amounts
Adding Money Amounts
Pounds, Part 2  See sample
Counting Change
Working out the Change
Mental Math and Money Problems  See sample
Solving Money Problems
Revision

Australian Money  (Grades 1 - 3)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Five and Ten Cent Coins  See sample
Twenty and Fifty Cent Coins
Practising with Coins
Practising Shopping
Change
Counting Coins Revision  See sample
Revision - Coins
Dollars
Cent and Dollar Amounts
Adding Money Amounts
Dollars, Part 2  See sample
Counting Change  See sample
Making Change
Mental Math and Money Problems
Solving Money Problems
Revision

New Zealand Money

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Ten and Twenty-Cent Coins
Ten, Twenty and Fifty-Cent Coins
Cents and Dollar Amounts
Dollars 1
Practising with Coins See sample
Change
Counting Coins Revision
Dollars 2 See sample
Making Sense with No Cents
Adding Money Amounts See sample
Counting Change See sample
Making Change
Mental Maths and Money Problems
Solving Money Problems
Revision

South African Money  (Grades 1 - 3)

Contents See sample
Five and Ten Cent Coins
Twenty and Fifty Cent Coins
Rand 1
Practising with Coins  See sample
Practising Shopping
Change 1
Revision — Coins
Counting Coins Revision
Rand 2
Change 2
Counting Change See sample
Revision: Count Coins and Banknotes
Finding the Change
Mental Maths and Money Problems
Adding Money Amounts  See sample
Solving Money Problems
Revision

Clock  (Grades 1 - 3)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Whole and Half Hours  See sample
The Minutes and Half Hours
Time Order
AM and PM
Review - Half Hours
The Minutes 
The Minutes, Part 2
Past and Till in Five-Minute Intervals 
How Many Hours Pass?
Review: Reading the Clock
Half and Quarter Hours  See sample
Review: Till and Past
How Many Minutes Pass  See sample
Practice
Clock to the Minute
Elapsed Time
More on Elapsed Time
The 2013 Calendar
The Calendar: Weekdays and Months
The Calendar: Dates
Using the Calendar  See sample
Changing Time Units
Review 1
Review 2

Measuring 1  (Grades 1 - 3)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Measuring Length
Exploring Measuring 
Measuring Lines in Inches
Inches and Half-Inches 
Measuring Lines in Centimeters
Measuring to the Nearest Centimeter 
Some More Measuring
Measuring to the Nearest Fourth-Inch  See sample
Centimeters and Millimeters  See sample
Line Plots and More Measuring
Feet and Miles 
Feet, Yards and Miles
Meters and Kilometers 1
Meters and Kilometers 2
Review 1
Weight in Pounds  See sample
Pounds and Ounces 
Weight in Kilograms 
Grams and Kilograms  See sample
Cups, Pints, Quarts and Gallons  See sample
Milliliters and Liters
Review 2

Metric Measuring 1  (Grades 1 - 3)

Contents See sample
Measuring Length
Exploring Measuring
Measuring Lines in Centimetres
Measuring to the Nearest Centimetre
Centimetres and Millimetres See sample
Metres and Kilometres 1
Metres and Kilometres 2
Weight in Kilograms See sample
Grams and Kilograms
Millilitres and Litres
Revision

Early Geometry  (Grades 1 - 3)

Contents and Introduction See sample
Basic Shapes 
Playing with Basic Shapes
Drawing Basic Shapes  See sample
Practicing Basic Shapes and Patterns
Shapes Review
Shapes
Right Angles  See sample
Surprises with Shapes
Making Shapes
Rectangles and Squares
Some Special Quadrilaterals
Geometric Patterns
Line Symmetry  See sample
Mirror Points
Perimeter  See sample
Problems with Perimeter
Getting Started with Area
More About Area
Multiplying by Whole Tens
Area Units and Problems
More Area and Perimeter Problems
Three-Dimensional Shapes
Solids 1  See sample
Solids 2
Review 1
Review 2
Geometry Review

Data and Graphs  (Grades 2 - 5)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Reading Graphs and Charts
Bar Graphs and Pictographs
More Practice with Bar Graphs and Pictographs
Making Bar Graphs 1
Making Bar Graphs 2 See sample
Making Histograms
Double Bar Graphs
Line Graphs 1
Line Graphs 2
Temperature Line Graphs
Reading Line Graphs See sample
Double and Triple Line Graphs
Graphs: More Practice
Average See sample
Average (Mean)
Mean, Mode, and Bar Graphs See sample
Circle Graphs
Review

Multiplication 1  (Grade 3)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Many Times the Same Group  See sample
Multiplication and Addition
Multiplying on a Number Line
Multiplication as an Array  See sample
Order of Operations 1
Understanding Word Problems, Part 1  See sample
Understanding Word Problems, Part 2
Multiplication in Two Ways
Order of Operations 2
Multiplying by Zero
How to Do Structured Oral Drilling
Multiplication Table of 2
Multiplication Table of 4
Multiplication Table of 10
Multiplication Table of 5
More Practice and Review
(Tables of 2, 4, 5, and 10)
Multiplication Table of 3 See sample
Multiplication Table of 6
Multiplication Table of 11
Multiplication Table of 9
Multiplication Table of 7
Multiplication Table of 8
Multiplication Table of 12
Review

Division 1  (Grade 3)

Contents and Introduction  See sample
Division as Making Groups 
Division and Multiplication 
Division and Multiplication Facts  See sample
Dividing Evenly Into Groups See sample
Division Word Problems
Zero in Division  See sample
Division as Repeated Subtraction
When Division is Not Exact See sample
More Practice with the Remainder
Number Rules
Review

Introduction to Fractions  (Grades 1 - 4)

Contents See sample
Halves and Quarters See sample
Some Fractions
Understanding Fractions
Fractions on a Number Line
One Whole and Its Fractional Parts
Mixed Numbers
Mixed Numbers and Fractions
Comparing Fractions 1
Comparing Fractions 2
Comparing Fractions 3
Comparing Fractions 4 See sample
Equivalent Fractions 1 See sample
Equivalent Fractions 2
Adding Fractions See sample
Adding Mixed Numbers 2
Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
Practicing with Fractions
Fractions Review  

 

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