Are you ready for Beast Academy 1A?

Beginner
Before beginning readers may A student
Beast Academy 1A, need lots of help ready for Beast
students should be using Beast Academy 1A should
able to count and write Academy 1A. be able to answer at
numbers to at least 20, least 12 of the 16
preferably to 100. problems below
correctly.

Step 1. The student should try to answer every question with reading help from a parent if
needed.
Step 2. Check the student’s answers using the solutions at the end of this document.
Step 3. The student should be given a second chance on problems 5-16 if answered incorrectly.

Circle the box that has more dots.

1. or 2. or

3. or 4. or

Write the number of dots in each group below.

5. ______ 6. ______ 7. ______

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Starting with the smallest number, draw straight lines to connect the
numbered dots in order.
8. 9.
12 16 17
7
9 12 13

6 10 8 9

11 10
11 5
8 15 14

Fill in the missing numbers in each number pattern below.

10. 7 8 9 11 13 15 17 18

11. 20 19 18 14 10

12. 8 9 10 14 15 16

Fill each blank with a number to complete the statement.

13. Two more than five is _____. 14. Four more than seven is _____.

15. Three less than eight is _____. 16. Six more than nine is _____.

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Solutions
1. Five is more then four. 9. Connecting the dots creates the spiral pattern below.
16 17
or
12 13

2. Seven is more than six. 8 9

or 11 10

15 14
3. Seven is more than six. If your child got this one wrong,
they are not alone in thinking that the longer row of dots 10. The pattern counts up by 1’s from 7 to 18.
has more!
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

or
11. The pattern counts down by 1’s from 20 to 9.
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9

4. If your student solved this one by counting 25 dots and

24 dots, ask if they see a better way to solve it without 12. The pattern counts up by 1’s from 5 to 16.
counting. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

or
13. Two more than five is 7.
For this and the following problems, any method is fine.
Counting up on fingers, drawing dots or sticks, gathering
groups of small objects like Cheerios... whatever method
5. There are 7 dots. a student uses to get the right answer is great as long as
6. There are 12 dots. they did it on their own.
7. There are 14 dots. Students do not need to think of this as 5+2 or 2+5 (but
8. It’s fine if your student’s lines are not as straight as it’s fine if they do). Students beginning in 1A should have
the ones below. However, students will do some dot a good sense of how numbers within 20 relate.
connecting in Chapter 2 of 1A, so some fine motor skills 14. Four more than seven is 11.
are required. 15. Three less than eight is 5.
12
16. Six more than nine is 15.
7
9

6 10

11 5
8
(It’s also fine if your child couldn’t help themselves and
connected 12 to 5 to complete the star, as long as they
know that 5 doesn’t come after 12.)