Maths shelf · Class 1
Seats for the toy bus: more, fewer, one more, one less
Five toy riders want to go on the toy bus, but the bus has four seats. Will everyone get a seat?
हिंदी में समझें
पाँच खिलौना सवारियाँ खिलौना बस में जाना चाहती हैं, पर बस में चार सीटें हैं। क्या सबको सीट मिलेगी?
What you will learn: Compare two groups by matching each thing with one partner, say which has more or fewer, and find one more and one less.
हिंदी में समझें
दो समूहों की तुलना करना: हर चीज़ का एक साथी मिलाकर बताना कि किसमें ज़्यादा है और किसमें कम, और एक ज़्यादा और एक कम निकालना।
What should I know first?
If this feels new, try this first. It is fine to go back.
- Toy shop counting Class 1
हिंदी में समझें
अगर यह नया लगे, तो पहले ऊपर दिया पन्ना करके देखो। पीछे जाना बिल्कुल ठीक है।
Small test on this page: there are five short questions in all that check what you have learnt. The first one comes early, as a Quick check after "The idea"; scroll down to the end of the page for the other four. Tap an answer, then press Check answer. Go to the questions ↓
हिंदी में समझें
इस पेज पर कुल 5 छोटे सवाल हैं, यह जाँचने के लिए कि तुमने क्या सीखा—पहला "The idea" के बाद "Quick check" में, और बाकी 4 पेज के आख़िर में। नीचे स्क्रॉल करो। एक जवाब चुनो, फिर "Check answer" दबाओ।
Jump to: Check yourself · For grown-ups · For teachers
Safety first
Use big toys or paper riders. Nothing goes in your mouth.
Grown-up helps:
- Choose things too big to fit in the mouth: no coins, buttons, beads, button batteries, magnets or glass.
- Keep small objects away from babies and toddlers.
हिंदी में समझें
बड़े खिलौने या काग़ज़ की सवारियाँ लो। कुछ भी मुँह में मत डालो। सिक्के, बटन, मोती, बटन बैटरी, चुंबक या काँच मत लो। छोटी चीज़ें छोटे बच्चों से दूर रखो।
You will need
- Five or six toy figuresOr paper riders, or big blocks standing up.
- A box for the busWith four or five "seats": cups, bottle tops too big to swallow, or squares drawn on paper.
- Paper and a pencilFor your matching picture.
Time: About 20 minutes.
हिंदी में समझें
पाँच-छह खिलौना आकृतियाँ (या काग़ज़ की सवारियाँ), बस के लिए एक डिब्बा जिसमें चार-पाँच "सीटें" हों, काग़ज़ और पेंसिल।
What do you think?
Five riders and four seats. Without counting, how could you find out if everyone gets a seat?
हिंदी में समझें
पाँच सवारियाँ और चार सीटें। बिना गिने कैसे पता करोगे कि सबको सीट मिलेगी?
Make a prediction, then tap it to see what to try. It is fine to change your mind after checking.
Put one rider on each seat
Try it. When every seat is full, is anyone left over?
हिंदी में समझें
करके देखो। जब हर सीट भर जाए, तो क्या कोई बचा?
Count both groups
That works too. Then try matching, and see if you get the same answer.
हिंदी में समझें
यह भी ठीक है। फिर मिलाकर देखो, क्या वही जवाब आता है।
Look and guess
A guess is a good start. Now check it: match one rider to each seat until all seats are used. Is a rider left over?
हिंदी में समझें
अंदाज़ा अच्छी शुरुआत है। अब जाँचो: हर सीट पर एक सवारी बैठाओ। सारी सीटें भरने पर क्या कोई सवारी बची?
Need a hint?
Match one rider to each seat until all seats are used. Is a rider left over? Whatever is left over shows which group has more.
हिंदी में समझें
हर सीट पर एक सवारी बैठाओ। सारी सीटें भरने पर क्या कोई सवारी बची? जो बच जाए, वह बताता है कि किसमें ज़्यादा है।
The story
Tanmay has made a toy bus from a shoebox, with four seats inside. Tara brings her toy riders. "Everyone on!" says Tanmay. Tara puts one rider on each seat. One rider is still in her hand. "This one has no seat," she says. Dadi smiles. "So there are more riders than seats. How many more?"
The idea
To compare two groups, give each thing in one group one partner from the other group.
If something has no partner, its group has more. The other group has fewer. If everything has a partner, they are the same.
One more means the next number when you count: one more than 4 is 5. One less means the number before: one less than 5 is 4.
हिंदी में समझें
दो समूहों की तुलना के लिए एक समूह की हर चीज़ को दूसरे समूह से एक साथी दो। जिसका साथी नहीं, उसके समूह में ज़्यादा हैं, दूसरे में कम। अगर सबका साथी मिल जाए, तो दोनों बराबर। एक ज़्यादा यानी गिनती में अगली संख्या: 4 से एक ज़्यादा 5। एक कम यानी पिछली संख्या: 5 से एक कम 4।
Quick check
One question about the idea you just read. The other 4 are at the end of the page, under Check yourself. Nothing is saved or sent.
हिंदी में समझें
अभी पढ़े गए विचार पर एक सवाल। बाक़ी 4 सवाल पेज के आख़िर में "Check yourself" में हैं।
See the answer and why
- A. One rider has no seat Correct. Four riders sit down, one on each seat, and one rider is left over.
- B. Two riders have no seat Not this one. Only one is left over: 5 riders, 4 seats.
- C. One seat is empty Not this one. A seat would be empty only if there were fewer riders than seats.
- D. Everyone gets a seat Not this one. There is one seat fewer than riders, so one rider is left over.
हिंदी में समझें
A: एक सवारी को सीट नहीं: चार बैठ गईं, एक बची। B: दो को सीट नहीं: सिर्फ़ एक बची: 5 सवारियाँ, 4 सीटें। C: एक सीट ख़ाली: ऐसा तब होता जब सवारियाँ कम होतीं। D: सबको सीट: सीटें एक कम हैं, तो एक सवारी बचेगी।
Worked example
Tara fills the bus
- Tara puts one rider on each of the 4 seats.
- One rider is left in her hand.
- So there are more riders than seats: one more.
5 riders, 4 seats: one rider has to wait for the next bus.
हिंदी में समझें
तारा 4 सीटों में से हर एक पर एक सवारी बैठाती है। एक सवारी उसके हाथ में बची। यानी सवारियाँ सीटों से ज़्यादा हैं: एक ज़्यादा। 5 सवारियाँ, 4 सीटें: एक सवारी को अगली बस का इंतज़ार करना होगा।
Let's try it
Make the bus.
Put 4 seats in your bus box.
Count them: one, two, three, four.
हिंदी में समझें
बस के डिब्बे में 4 सीटें रखो। गिनो: एक, दो, तीन, चार।
Line up the riders.
Stand 5 riders in a line.
हिंदी में समझें
5 सवारियाँ लाइन में खड़ी करो।
One rider, one seat.
Put one rider on each seat.
Is any rider left over? Is any seat empty?
हिंदी में समझें
हर सीट पर एक सवारी बैठाओ। क्या कोई सवारी बची? क्या कोई सीट ख़ाली है?
Now try fewer riders.
Add one more seat, so there are 5 seats.
Now use only 3 riders. Match them again. What is left over now?
हिंदी में समझें
एक सीट और लगाओ, ताकि 5 सीटें हो जाएँ। अब सिर्फ़ 3 सवारियाँ लो। फिर मिलाओ। अब क्या बचा?
One more.
4 riders get on. One more rider runs up.
How many now? Say: "one more than 4 is 5".
हिंदी में समझें
4 सवारियाँ चढ़ीं। एक और दौड़कर आई। अब कितनी? बोलो: "4 से एक ज़्यादा 5"।
One less.
5 riders are on. One gets off.
How many now? Say: "one less than 5 is 4".
हिंदी में समझें
5 सवारियाँ बैठी हैं। एक उतर गई। अब कितनी? बोलो: "5 से एक कम 4"।
Make it on paper
Your matching picture
Draw some riders in a row and some seats under them.
Join one rider to one seat with a line. Use each seat only once.
A rider or seat with no partner stays unjoined.
Write: more riders, more seats, or the same.
Make it on paper. Keep it with you. Nothing to upload.
हिंदी में समझें
ऊपर कुछ सवारियाँ और नीचे कुछ सीटें बनाओ। एक सवारी को एक सीट से रेखा द्वारा जोड़ो, हर सीट सिर्फ़ एक बार। जिसका साथी न हो, उसे बिना जोड़े छोड़ दो। लिखो: सवारियाँ ज़्यादा, सीटें ज़्यादा, या बराबर।
What did we find out?
Read this after you have tried it.
Matching one to one shows which group has more, even without counting.
Five riders and four seats: one rider is left over, so there is one more rider than seats.
One more than 4 is 5. One less than 5 is 4.
हिंदी में समझें
एक-एक मिलाने से पता चलता है कि किसमें ज़्यादा है, बिना गिने भी। पाँच सवारियाँ और चार सीटें: एक सवारी बची, यानी सवारियाँ एक ज़्यादा हैं। 4 से एक ज़्यादा 5। 5 से एक कम 4।
Check yourself
4 more questions about what this page teaches (question 1 was the Quick check after "The idea"). Choose an answer and press Check answer, or open "See the answer and why". Nothing is saved or sent: your choices stay on this screen and disappear when you leave or reload the page.
See the answer and why
- A. 0 Not this one. There are more seats than riders, so some must be empty.
- B. 5 Not this one. Five is all the seats. Three of them now have riders.
- C. 2 Correct. Three seats are filled, so 2 of the 5 are empty.
- D. 3 Not this one. Three is how many riders there are, and their seats are full.
हिंदी में समझें
A: 0: सीटें सवारियों से ज़्यादा हैं, कुछ तो ख़ाली होंगी। B: 5: यह सारी सीटें हैं, तीन पर सवारियाँ हैं। C: 2: तीन सीटें भरीं, 5 में से 2 ख़ाली। D: 3: तीन तो सवारियाँ हैं, उनकी सीटें भरी हैं।
See the answer and why
- A. 8 Not this one. Eight is two more than 6.
- B. 5 Not this one. Five is one less than 6.
- C. 6 Not this one. Six is the same number. One more is bigger.
- D. 7 Correct. One more is the next number when we count: six, seven.
हिंदी में समझें
A: 8: यह 6 से दो ज़्यादा है। B: 5: यह 6 से एक कम है। C: 6: यह वही संख्या है। एक ज़्यादा संख्या, दी गई संख्या से 1 बड़ी होती है। D: 7: गिनती में अगली संख्या: छह, सात।
See the answer and why
- A. 6 Not this one. Six is two less than 8.
- B. 9 Not this one. Nine is one more than 8.
- C. 7 Correct. One less is the number just before: seven, eight.
- D. 8 Not this one. Eight is the same number. One less is smaller.
हिंदी में समझें
A: 6: यह 8 से दो कम है। B: 9: यह 8 से एक ज़्यादा है। C: 7: एक कम यानी ठीक पहले वाला: सात, आठ। D: 8: यह वही संख्या है। एक कम संख्या, दी गई संख्या से 1 छोटी होती है।
See the answer and why
- A. You must count to know Not this one. Matching already tells you: no one is left over, so they are the same.
- B. There are more spoons Not this one. If there were more spoons, a spoon would be left over.
- C. There are more cups Not this one. If there were more cups, a cup would have no spoon.
- D. There are as many cups as spoons Correct. Every cup has a partner and nothing is left over, so the two groups are the same size.
हिंदी में समझें
A: गिनना पड़ेगा: मिलाने से ही पता चल गया कि दोनों बराबर हैं। B: चम्मच ज़्यादा: तब कोई चम्मच बचता। C: कप ज़्यादा: तब किसी कप को चम्मच नहीं मिलता। D: बराबर: सबका साथी मिला, कुछ नहीं बचा, तो दोनों समूह बराबर।
Think back
How did matching tell you which group had more?
What is one more than your age? One less?
हिंदी में समझें
मिलाने से कैसे पता चला कि किसमें ज़्यादा था? तुम्हारी उम्र से एक ज़्यादा कितना है? एक कम?
Investigate further
- Draw two hands on paper, or put out two rows of paper squares. Match them one to one. Which has more?
- Draw a bus with some seats and some people waiting. Match each person to a seat. Who has no seat?
हिंदी में समझें
काग़ज़ पर दो हाथ बनाओ, या काग़ज़ के टुकड़ों की दो पंक्तियाँ रखो। एक-एक मिलाओ। किसमें ज़्यादा हैं? एक बस बनाओ जिसमें कुछ सीटें हों और कुछ लोग इंतज़ार कर रहे हों। हर व्यक्ति को एक सीट से मिलाओ। किसे सीट नहीं मिली?
Can you use it here?
At dinner, put one spoon by each plate. Are there more spoons, more plates, or the same number? Is anything left without a partner?
हिंदी में समझें
रात के खाने पर हर थाली के पास एक चम्मच रखो। चम्मच ज़्यादा हैं, थालियाँ ज़्यादा हैं, या बराबर? क्या कोई बिना साथी के बचा?
Ask someone at home
Ask someone at home to put out some cups and some spoons. Match them and say which has more, or if they are the same.
हिंदी में समझें
घर में किसी से कहो कि कुछ कप और कुछ चम्मच रखें। उन्हें मिलाओ और बताओ किसमें ज़्यादा है, या दोनों बराबर हैं।
No one free to join in? That's fine. You can do it by yourself with drawings, and ask a grown-up to help with the materials.
For grown-upsTap a heading to open it. The safety notes are at the top of the page.
Before you start
- Use toy figures, paper riders or big blocks, too big to fit in the mouth. Keep small objects away from babies and toddlers.
- Cups, bottle tops too big to swallow, or squares drawn on paper make good seats.
Questions that help
- "Is anyone left over?"
- "Which group has more? How many more?"
- "What is one more than four? One less than five?"
What's really going on
Matching one to one is how children compare groups before they can count reliably. It shows "more" and "fewer" directly.
Children often think a longer, spread-out line has more. Matching shows that spacing does not change how many there are.
One more and one less link counting to adding and taking away: one more is the next number, one less is the one before.
Other ways to do it
- No toys? Use spoons and cups, or children and chairs.
- Start with groups that differ by one, then by two or three.
For teachersLearning aims, classroom ideas and what to look for.
Learning aims
- Compare two groups up to 10 by one-to-one matching.
- Use the words more, fewer and the same.
- Find one more and one less than a number up to 10.
Subject links
- Mathematics: comparing numbers, one more and one less.
- Toy shop counting (Class 1): one number for each thing.
- Laddoos on a plate (Class 1): adding and taking away.
These links are general. They have not been checked against a specific board syllabus.
In the classroom
- Musical chairs without anyone being out: count chairs and children before each round and say who has more.
- Pairs make two groups of counters and the partner compares them by matching.
What to look for
- Matches one to one without skipping or doubling.
- Says which group has more without being misled by spacing.
- Gives one more and one less without counting from one.