SMC Grade 1&2

Maths Cheatsheet
 1. Numbers

Number bond

5 7 3

3 2 10

Odd numbers vs. Even numbers

Odd numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, …
Even numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10…

Ordinal numbers

First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

Place values

Place value is the value of a digit based on its place in a number.

DIGIT
Hundreds Tens Ones a symbol that
represents a

2 7 6
whole number
VALUE
the amount
each digit is
worth
Place value starts on the right and move to the left.

Hundreds Tens Ones

6 8 2
- The digit in the Ones place is 2 and its value is 2
- The digit in the Tens place is 8 and its value is 80
- The digit in the Hundreds place is 6 and its value is 600

Place value - Find value

8 hundreds 19 tens 4 ones = ? what number

Step 1: 1 hundred = 100 => 8 hundreds = 800
Step 2: 1 ten = 10 => 19 tens = 190
Step 3: 1 one = 1=> 4 ones = 4
Step 4: 8 hundreds 19 tens 4 ones = 800 + 190 + 4 = 994

Comparing numbers

Symbol It means … Example

> greater than 2>1

less than
< 2<3
fewer than
= equals 3=3
Comparing operations

greater than > less than < equals to =

> 37 - 28
> 94 - 84
27 + 36 13 + 42
63 55 9 10

Number patterns

-2 -2

14 12 10 6

+ 10 + 10 + 10

30 40 50 60 80

+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

10 11 13 16 20
Operations:

addition (+), subtraction (-),multiplication (x) and division (÷)

Addition (+)

15 + 4 = 19

Subtraction (-)

15 - 7 = 8
Multiplication (x)

3 x 4 = 12 or 4 x 3 = 12

Division (÷)

16 ÷ 2 = 8 or 16 ÷ 8 = 2

More than/ Less than

15 is 2 more than ?
15 is 2 more than ?
? = 15 - 2 = 13

? is 4 less than 18

? is 4 less than 18
? = 18 - 4 = 14
Multiplication tables

Table of 2 Table of 3 Table of 4 Table of 5 Table of 10

2x1=2 3x1=3 4x1=4 5x1=5 10 x 1 = 10

2x2=4 3x2=6 4x2=8 5 x 2 = 10 10 x 2 = 20
2x3=6 3x3=9 4 x 3 = 12 5 x 3 = 15 10 x 3 = 30
2x4=8 3 x 4 = 12 4 x 4 = 16 5 x 4 = 20 10 x 4 = 40
2 x 5 = 10 3 x 5 = 15 4 x 5 = 20 5 x 5 = 25 10 x 5 = 50
2 x 6 = 12 3 x 6 = 18 4 x 6 = 24 5 x 6 = 30 10 x 6 = 60
2 x 7 = 14 3 x 7 = 21 4 x 7 = 28 5 x 7 = 35 10 x 7 = 70
2 x 8 = 16 3 x 8 = 24 4 x 8 = 32 5 x 8 = 40 10 x 8 = 80
2 x 9 = 18 3 x 9 = 27 4 x 9 = 36 5 x 9 = 45 10 x 9 = 90
2 x 10 = 20 3 x 10 = 30 4 x 10 = 40 5 x 10 = 50 10 x 10 = 100

Division tables

Table of 2 Table of 3 Table of 4 Table of 5 Table of 10

2÷2=1 3÷3=1 4÷4=1 5÷5=1 10 ÷ 10 = 1

4÷2=2 6÷3=2 8÷4=2 10 ÷ 5 = 2 20 ÷ 10 = 2
6÷2=3 9÷3=3 12 ÷ 4 = 3 15 ÷ 5 = 3 30 ÷ 10 = 3
8÷2=4 12 ÷ 3 = 4 16 ÷ 4 = 4 20 ÷ 5 = 4 40 ÷ 10 = 4
10 ÷ 2 = 5 15 ÷ 3 = 5 20 ÷ 4 = 5 25 ÷ 5 = 5 50 ÷ 10 = 5
12 ÷ 2 = 6 18 ÷ 3 = 6 24 ÷ 4 = 6 30 ÷ 5 = 6 60 ÷ 10 = 6
14 ÷ 2 = 7 21 ÷ 3 = 7 28 ÷ 4 = 7 35 ÷ 5 = 7 70 ÷ 10 = 7
16 ÷ 2 = 8 24 ÷ 3 = 8 32 ÷ 4 = 8 40 ÷ 5 = 8 80 ÷ 10 = 8
18 ÷ 2 = 9 27 ÷ 3 = 9 36 ÷ 4 = 9 45 ÷ 5 = 9
90 ÷ 10 = 9
20 ÷ 2 = 10 30 ÷ 3 = 10 40 ÷ 4 = 10 50 ÷ 5 = 10
100 ÷ 10 = 10
Operation clue words

Remember to read questions carefully. Think about what the questions

are asking.

Addition Subtraction

• Add • Difference
• Altogether • Fewer
• and • Gave away
• Both • Take away
• In all • How many more
• Sum • How many longer/
• Total • Shorter/smaller
• Increase • Left
• Less
• Take away
• Change
• Decrease

Multiplication Division

• Each • Share equally

• Same • Each
• Twice • Quotient
• Product • Every
• in all (each)
• Double
 2. Fractions

A fraction represents a part of a whole

1 1 3
1
2 4 4

Comparing Fractions!

All fractions have value. You can compare two or more fractions using
the following symbols.

greater than > less than < equals to =

Remember these rules when comparing fractions

Same Numerator Same Denominator

3 3 3 4
4 > 6 5 < 5
The smaller denominator is the The larger numerator is the
greater fraction greater fraction
Fraction addition

How to add fractions

In order to add fractions together, the fractions need to have the same
denominator. We call this a common denominator. We can add fractions
with a common denominator easily because the whole is divided into
parts of the same size.

2 1 3
4 4 4

4 1 5
3 3 3
Fraction subtraction

How to subtract fractions

In order to subtract fractions, the fractions need to have the same

denominator. We call this a common denominator. We can subtract
fractions with a common denominator easily because the whole is
divided into parts of the same size.

3 2 1
4 4 4

5 1 4
3 3 3
 3. Money

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE

$2 $5

SINGAPORE

$100

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE

$50 $10

1 dollar = 100 cents

1 cent 5 cent 10 cent

20 cent 50 cent 1 dollar

$1 = 100 cents
$3.45 = $3 + 45 cents

Shopping problem sums

Total amount of money = payment for items + changes

 4. Shapes and shapes patterns

Types of 2D shapes

Shapes

Rectangle

Square

Triangle

Circle

Semicircle/ Half circle

Types of 3D shapes

Shapes

Cube

Cuboid

Cone

Cylinder

Sphere
Shape patterns: Repeating patterns
Color Patterns

Shape Patterns

Number Patterns

2 1 2 1 2

Size Patterns

Big Small Big Small Big Small Big

Shape patterns: Growing patterns

 5. Time

Telling time

o’clock
00
55 5
12
50 11 1 10
10 2
quarter quarter
til 45 9 3 15 past

8 4
40 7 5 20
6
35 25
30
half past

analog clock 07:00 digital clock

The long hand tells the minutes

The short hand tells the hour

60 minutes = 1 hour a.m. = morning

30 minutes = half an hour p.m. = afternoon or
15 minutes = quarter hour evening
12 am and 12 pm

12 PM 11
12
1 12 AM
10 2

9 3

8 4
7 5
6

Slower/faster clock

The clock is showing 8: 30. If the clock is 1 hour faster than the actual
time => The actual time is 7: 30.

12 1
11
10 2

9 3

8 4
7 5
6
The clock is showing 6: 10. If the clock is 1 hour slower than the actual
time => The actual time is 7: 10.

11 12 1
10 2

9 3

8 4
7 5
6

Duration

Common types of duration word problems

- Find the duration of an event
- Finding starting time using the duration and ending time
- Find ending time using the duration and starting time

50 min

4:10 pm 5 pm
 6. Length, mass and volume

Reading length

CM 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
In 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

CM 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
In 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Common conversions

1 km = 1000 m
1 m = 100 cm
1 kg = 1000 g
1 l = 1000 ml

Comparing length

Stick A
Stick B
Stick C

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
CM

• Stick A is 8 cm. • Stick C is 5 cm.

• Stick B is 7 cm. • Stick A is the longest.
• Stick C is the shortest.
Mass scale reading

9
0
1
4 KG
kg
8 2

7 3
6
5 4

Measuring volume indirectly

Big bottle

2 2 2 2

Small Jug
bottle

The capacity of the big bottle is _____?______ litres.

Step 1: Find the capacity of the jug = 4 x 2 l = 8 l

Step 2: Find the capacity of the big bottle = 4 x 8 l = 32 l
 6. Picture graphs

Each picture represents a certain quantity (shown by the key)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Each stands for 1 candy

key
 7. Heuristics

Using a Diagram/ Model

Step 1: Draw a diagram to represent the information from the
information
Step 2 : Obtain further information from the diagram
Step 3: Solve problem from using the diagram

Guess-and-check

Step 1: Obtain key information

Step 2: Make a table for Guess-and-check
Step 3: Stop when criteria from problem is met
Step 4: Make a conclusion

Working backwards

Step 1: Start from the result/ the final value

Step 2: Work backwards
+ If it is addition in the problem => Do subtraction
+ If it is subtraction in the problem => Do addition
+ If it is multiplication in the problem => Do division
+ If it is division in the problem => Do multiplication