Here are CM1 exercises to print in PDF, free and without registration: word classes, the past tense, fractions, divisions, perimeter and area, plus a games page. Rex the dino accompanies your child in the world of Dinosaurs.
The year of new things: fractions and decimal numbers come into play, and division finally appears.
At 9 years old, a child generally reads without stumbling over words: what stops them are new ideas. CM1 asks them to write a number that is no longer whole, to share a quantity into three, to set up a division, to calculate an area. Simple from afar, these concepts actually hinge on one or two details.
Our CM1 exercises to print serve this purpose: to revisit these points, one by one, without making it a lesson. They are inspired by the end-of-CM1 expectations and gently extend school, without replacing it. The complete course is gathered on the page that collects all our holiday workbooks.
Each activity, on paper or on screen, belongs to one of these three domains.
No longer just reading a word: say what it is. Noun, verb, determiner, adjective — the key to all the grammar of the year.
No longer just the present: the past tense, the past continuous and the future are worked on together, and irregular verbs join in.
The big part of the year: numbers go beyond whole numbers, division is introduced, geometry begins measuring.
6 A4 pages: a cover, an English page, a maths page, a games page, the answers, then the end page. Free, no account or email required.
One file, six A4 pages, ready to print. No account, no email.
The workbook brings together CM1 exercises to print in PDF, free, taken from the key concepts of the year. On the English side: name the word class of each word in “The little cat sleeps”, write “to be” in the past tense (I was, we were), underline the verb and circle the subject in “The dinosaurs ate plants”. On the maths side: three questions on fractions, two divisions, the perimeter and the area of a square. Then a page of games: a mystery number to find, counting the faces of a cube, and a number to find between 999 and 1010. The answers are at the end, for you.
Six pages, then, but not six pages of exercises: a cover, three activity pages, the answers, a final page. It’s short, and that’s intentional. For printing: A4 format, 100% scale (avoid “fit to page”), and a pencil rather than a pen. It prints very well in black and white, as many times as you want.
To go further, our CM1 holiday workbook guide details what a 9-year-old child learns throughout the year.
And to review maths while having fun: our free CM1 magic colouring pages — one calculation per box, one hidden drawing per page.
All level materials are gathered on the printable CM1 exercises page: the PDF workbook, the colouring pages, and 30 corrected exercises.
Three new challenges that make the year both difficult — and a source of pride.
The fraction is the real step of CM1. Our CM1 maths exercises to print in PDF approach it through what speaks most to a child: quantity. Finding 3/4 of 12, then 2/3 of 9, means sharing a pile of objects into equal parts and taking several of them. Then comes a related question: recognising that 4/8 is the same as 1/2 — two writings for one quantity. If your child is stuck, take out twelve pencils and make the groups with them.
Next comes long division: 84 ÷ 4 and 96 ÷ 8, two divisions by a single-digit number, which come out evenly and can be checked by multiplying. That’s why multiplication tables remain useful all year — a division almost always gets stuck on a hesitant table, rarely on the method.
Mental perimeter and area close the page, on a square with 5 cm sides: 20 cm perimeter, 25 cm² area. The same square, two questions: the perimeter, then the surface area inside. Putting them on a single figure is the best way to avoid confusion between the two.
The rest is worked on screen, on the big CM1 workbook: large numbers, decimals, multiples, written additions and subtractions, angles, symmetry, durations, conversions and problems.
A short sentence, familiar to the child, and only one question at a time.
Our CM1 English exercises to print start from a simple principle: better a four-word sentence analysed seriously than a text skimmed over. “The little cat sleeps” is enough for the child to say what each word is: determiner (here an article), adjective, noun, verb. This vocabulary will then serve for all agreements.
Next comes the past tense, with the verb “to be” — irregular, so to be memorised: I was, we were. Then a spotting exercise: underline the verb and circle the subject in “The dinosaurs ate plants”. The plural subject is no accident: in the present, it decides the ending (the dinosaur eats, the dinosaurs eat).
On screen, English continues with the present tense of tricky verbs, the past continuous, the future, word families, synonyms and antonyms, the pairs that trip children up most (its/it’s, your/you’re) and choosing between his and are.
If your child is moving up from CE2 (8-9 years old) and some basics remain fragile, going back doesn’t hurt: CE2 exercises to print review word types and the past tense, often more useful than a painful CM1 exercise.
Self-correcting, free, in the browser: the child clicks, the screen responds immediately.
When the printer is broken, the interactive workbooks take over. The child clicks, immediately knows if it’s correct, earns a star for each success, and leaves with their diploma. This immediate correction matters a lot in CM1: a fraction error repeated ten times without feedback becomes permanent.
The thirty workbooks cover the year. In English: word classes, word families, synonyms and opposites, its/it’s, your/you’re, his/are, the present tense of tricky verbs, the past tense, the past continuous and the future. In maths: reading fractions, comparing fractions, fraction of a quantity, reading decimals, comparing decimals, large numbers and their comparison, multiplication tables, multiples, additions and subtractions, multiplication by 1 then 2 digits, division, problems, perimeter, area, angles, symmetry, durations and conversions.
All fits on a single page: the big CM1 workbook and its 30 chapters. And for a quieter break, there is the Dinosaurs workbook, an expedition with Rex where you progress from one challenge to another by earning beads.
At this age, the child knows very well when they don’t understand. The parent’s role changes: less showing, more questioning.
Ask them to explain, not to recite. “Explain to me what you did” is better than “that’s wrong”: nine times out of ten, the child finds their mistake by telling it.
A new concept deserves something concrete. Fractions are understood with objects to share, areas with the kitchen tiles. The workbook comes afterwards, to reinforce.
Short and regular rather than long and rare. Fifteen to twenty minutes, a few times a week, and stop while it still works.
Don't run ahead. Percentages will wait until CM2 (around 10-11 years old): it's better to consolidate fractions this year than to start another topic. To see the next steps, there are CM2 exercises to print.
Each class has its mascot at Kidibook. In CM1 (around 9-10 years old), it's Rex the Dino, in the world of Dinosaurs.
Rex is not just decoration: he accompanies the child from one chapter to the next and celebrates each success. At 9 years old, children think they are too old for characters; in practice, a workbook supported by a figure they like gets done without having to be asked three times. His neighbours are close by: Astro the Robot in CE2 (around 8-9 years old), Gauvain the Knight in CM2.
And when an activity is finished, there is the reward: the Kidibook Passport, where your child finds Rex, collects hero stamps, and prints their diploma. A concrete goal, at their level.
This is the number one difficulty in CM1, and it is normal. Start again with concrete sharing — twelve sweets, four equal parts of three sweets, take three parts: that's 3/4 of 12, which is 9. Once this action is established, the writing follows. No need to look for equivalent fractions as long as the sharing is not clear.
No, it's common: long division is introduced for the first time in CM1. First check the multiplication tables — a long division usually stalls on a hesitant table, rarely on the method. Have them check their result by multiplying: they will see for themselves if the calculation is correct.
Fifteen to twenty minutes, a few times a week, is enough. One page done with pleasure is better than a daily session endured — and one concept per session is better than mixing three.
Yes, completely. The workbook in PDF and the 30 interactive workbooks are free: no account, no email required. You download it, print it, and your child gets started.
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