Free math lessons for kids, Kindergarten to 6th grade

Free math lessons from Kindergarten counting to 6th grade ratios, percents and equations. Each page explains one idea in plain steps, with a worked example, common mistakes and a problem to try, then links to free practice in MathQuest. Pick your child's grade below.

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🎬 Lesson in the app: a short animated lesson your child can watch in MathQuest. ✏️ Practice guide: a written explanation for you, with a button that opens that skill's practice in the app.

Kindergarten and 1st grade

• Teen Numbers: 10 and Some More (Kindergarten–1st Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  A teen number is 10 and some more. Example: 14.

1st grade

• Make a Ten to Add (1st Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · ▶ video
  Move some over to fill a ten first. Example: 8 + 5.

1st and 2nd grade

• Counting Coins: Biggest First, Then Count On (1st–2nd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Biggest value first, then count on. Example: 1 quarter, 2 dimes, 1 nickel, 3 pennies.

2nd grade

• 2-Digit Addition with Regrouping (2nd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · ▶ video
  Trade 10 ones for 1 ten. Example: 38 + 25.
• 2-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping (2nd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · ▶ video
  Trade 1 ten for 10 ones. Example: 52 − 27.
• Telling Time to 5 Minutes (2nd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · ▶ video
  Short hand for the hour. Count by 5s. Example: 3:25.
• Place Value to 1,000: Hundreds, Tens and Ones (2nd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Ten ones make a ten. Ten tens make a hundred. Example: 3 hundreds, 4 tens, 2 ones.
• Even and Odd Numbers: Pair Them Up (2nd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Pair them up: a leftover means odd. Example: 13 is odd.
• Name 2D Shapes by Sides and Corners (2nd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Count the sides and the corners, then name the shape. Example: 6 sides and 6 corners is a hexagon.

2nd and 3rd grade

• What Is Multiplication? Equal Groups (2nd–3rd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · ▶ video
  Times means equal groups. Example: 3 × 4.
• Reading Pictographs: Picture Graphs with a Key (2nd–3rd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Read the key first, then count the pictures. Example: 4 stars at 2 each is 8.
• Word Problems: Find the Math in the Story (2nd–3rd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Read, find the question, pick the operation, then check. Example: 25 − 9.

3rd grade

• Break Apart Multiplication with Arrays (3rd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Split big facts into 5 rows and the rest. Example: 7 × 6.
• What Is Division? Sharing Equally (3rd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Share fairly, 1 at a time. Example: 12 ÷ 3.
• Division as Equal Groups: How Many Groups? (3rd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Make groups of 3, then count the groups. Example: 15 ÷ 3.
• What Is a Fraction? Equal Parts (3rd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Count equal parts, then the shaded ones. Example: 3/4.
• Comparing Fractions with the Same Numerator (3rd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Same top number? More parts means smaller parts. Example: 1/3 and 1/8.
• Area and Perimeter of Rectangles (3rd Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Area covers the inside. Perimeter goes around the edge. Example: a 6 by 4 rectangle.

4th grade

• Decimals: Tenths on a Grid (4th Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  The first digit after the point counts tenths. Example: 3/10 = 0.3.
• Multi-Digit Addition and Subtraction (4th Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Line up the places, start with the ones and regroup. Example: 3,478 + 865.

6th grade

• Ratios with Tape Diagrams (6th Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Draw tape boxes to compare two amounts. Example: 3 red for every 2 blue.
• Percent of a Number: Finding 20% of 50 (6th Grade) 🎬 Lesson in the app · video soon
  Percent means out of 100. Use a friendly fraction. Example: 20% of 50.
• Solve One-Step Equations: x + 7 = 19 (6th Grade) ✏️ Practice guide
  Undo the operation to get x by itself. Example: x + 7 = 19.