Year 1 Position and Direction: check-up and quiz

Method. Count the shelves from the top. The bottom shelf is shelf number 3.

1. Count the shelves from the top. The top shelf is shelf number 1.
   shelf 1: star, shelf 2: cube, shelf 3: apple
2. Find the bottom shelf. It is shelf number 3.
   bottom shelf: apple
3. Write the answer.
   apple

Check. There are 2 shapes above the apple and 0 below it. ✓

Watch out. Start counting from the top shelf, not from the bottom.

Method. Look at the right end of the row.

1. Look at the row from the left. Read the shapes from left to right, like a book.
   1: apple, 2: star, 3: cube, 4: ball, 5: heart
2. Find the right end. The right end is shape number 5.
   shape 5: heart
3. Write the answer.
   heart

Check. There are 5 shapes, so the right end is shape 5. ✓

Watch out. The left end is the start of the row. The right end is the finish.

Method. The shape at the front covers the others. The shape at the back is covered by the others.

1. Look at the picture. Find the shape that covers the others.
   back: cube, front: apple
2. Pick the shape at the front. The front shape is the one on top.
   front: apple
3. Write the answer.
   apple

Check. Every other shape is behind apple. ✓

Watch out. The shape at the front covers the others. It is not the shape that looks biggest.

Method. Move the car forwards (to the right), one square at a time.

1. Find the square the car is on. Each square has a number.
   Start: square 6
2. Move the car 3 squares forwards (to the right). Each move goes to the next square.
   6 → 7 → 8 → 9
3. Write the square it is on now.
   9

Check. Count back 3 squares from 9 to check you reach 6. ✓

Watch out. Count the squares one at a time. Do not count the square the car starts on.

Method. Go up 1 floor from floor 2.

1. Find the floor the lift is on. Floor 0 is the ground floor.
   Start: floor 2
2. Go up 1 floor. Each step is one floor.
   2 → 3
3. Write the floor the lift is on now.
   3

Check. Go down 1 floor from 3 to check you reach floor 2. ✓

Watch out. Up means a higher floor number. Down means a lower floor number.

Method. Turn the arrow clockwise, a quarter turn.

1. Start with the arrow on its number. Clockwise goes 12, 3, 6, 9.
   Start: 9
2. Turn it clockwise, a quarter turn. Each quarter turn moves the arrow 3 numbers round the clock.
   9 → 12
3. Write the number the arrow points to.
   12

Check. Turn it anticlockwise the same amount and it goes back to 9. ✓

Watch out. Count the quarter turns one at a time. Each quarter turn moves the arrow 3 numbers round the clock.

Method. Go round the clock face one quarter turn at a time, and count the turns.

1. Start at 12. The arrow starts at the top of the clock.
   Start: 12
2. Make one quarter turn after another. Each quarter turn moves the arrow on to the next number.
   12 → 3 → 6 → 9
3. Count the quarter turns. Count each move once.
   3

Check. Going all the way round the clock takes 4 quarter turns, so each quarter turn is a quarter of the way round. ✓

Watch out. A half turn is two quarter turns, not one.

Method. Follow the orange arrow round the clock face to see which way it goes.

1. Find where the arrow starts. The blue arrow shows the start.
   Start: 6
2. Follow the orange arrow. It goes from the start round to the green arrow.
   6 → 3
3. Say which way it goes. Clockwise goes 12, 3, 6, 9. Anticlockwise goes 12, 9, 6, 3.
   anticlockwise

Check. Going clockwise from 6 would pass different numbers. ✓

Watch out. Clockwise is the way the hands of a clock move. Check the way the orange arrow points.

Method. Count the shelves below the star, one at a time.

1. Find the star. Look for it on the shelves.
   star is on shelf 2
2. Count the shapes below it. Count each shape once. Do not count the shape you started with.
   ball, heart
3. Write the answer.
   2

Check. Together with the star, the shapes above it and below it make 4. ✓

Watch out. Count the shelves below the star only. The shelves the other way do not count.

Method. Think about the way the hands of a clock move.

1. Look at the clock. The hands go round from 12 to 3, then 6, then 9.
   Hands: 12, 3, 6, 9
2. Name the direction. This way round the clock is called clockwise.
   This is clockwise
3. Write the answer.
   clockwise

Check. The other way, from 12 to 9, is anticlockwise. ✓

Watch out. Clockwise is the way the hands of a clock move.

Method. Count the shelves from the top. The middle shelf is shelf number 2.

1. Count the shelves from the top. The top shelf is shelf number 1.
   shelf 1: cube, shelf 2: ball, shelf 3: heart
2. Find the middle shelf. It is shelf number 2.
   middle shelf: ball
3. Write the answer.
   ball

Check. There are 1 shapes above the ball and 1 below it. ✓

Watch out. Start counting from the top shelf, not from the bottom.

Method. Look at the left end of the row.

1. Look at the row from the left. Read the shapes from left to right, like a book.
   1: star, 2: apple, 3: heart, 4: ball, 5: cube
2. Find the left end. The left end is shape number 1.
   shape 1: star
3. Write the answer.
   star

Check. There are 5 shapes, so the left end is shape 1. ✓

Watch out. The left end is the start of the row. The right end is the finish.

Method. Move the car forwards (to the right), one square at a time.

1. Find the square the car is on. Each square has a number.
   Start: square 1
2. Move the car 5 squares forwards (to the right). Each move goes to the next square.
   1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 5 → 6
3. Write the square it is on now.
   6

Check. Count back 5 squares from 6 to check you reach 1. ✓

Watch out. Count the squares one at a time. Do not count the square the car starts on.

Method. Go down 1 floor from floor 3.

1. Find the floor the lift is on. Floor 0 is the ground floor.
   Start: floor 3
2. Go down 1 floor. Each step is one floor.
   3 → 2
3. Write the floor the lift is on now.
   2

Check. Go up 1 floor from 2 to check you reach floor 3. ✓

Watch out. Up means a higher floor number. Down means a lower floor number.

Method. Turn the arrow clockwise, a quarter turn.

1. Start with the arrow on its number. Clockwise goes 12, 3, 6, 9.
   Start: 3
2. Turn it clockwise, a quarter turn. Each quarter turn moves the arrow 3 numbers round the clock.
   3 → 6
3. Write the number the arrow points to.
   6

Check. Turn it anticlockwise the same amount and it goes back to 3. ✓

Watch out. Count the quarter turns one at a time. Each quarter turn moves the arrow 3 numbers round the clock.

Method. Turn the arrow anticlockwise, a three-quarter turn.

1. Start with the arrow on its number. Anticlockwise goes 12, 9, 6, 3.
   Start: 12
2. Turn it anticlockwise, a three-quarter turn. Each quarter turn moves the arrow 3 numbers round the clock.
   12 → 9 → 6 → 3
3. Write the number the arrow points to.
   3

Check. Turn it clockwise the same amount and it goes back to 12. ✓

Watch out. Count the quarter turns one at a time. Each quarter turn moves the arrow 3 numbers round the clock.

Method. The shape that covers another shape is in front of it.

1. Find the star. Look for it in the picture.
   star is shape 2 counting from the back
2. Look at the shape behind it. The shape that covers the other one is in front.
   behind star: ball
3. Write the answer.
   ball

Check. The star is in front of the ball. ✓

Watch out. Look at which shape covers the other. Do not choose the shape that is higher on the page.

Method. A shape on a higher shelf is above. Find both shapes and compare their shelves.

1. Find the apple and the ball. Look at which shelf each one is on.
   apple: shelf 3, ball: shelf 2
2. Compare the shelf numbers. A smaller shelf number is higher up.
   shelf 2 is higher than shelf 3
3. Write the answer.
   The apple is below the ball.

Check. Say it the other way round: the ball is above the apple. ✓

Watch out. Higher up means above. Look at the shelves, not at how big the shapes are.

Method. Move the car backwards (to the left), one square at a time.

1. Find the square the car is on. Each square has a number.
   Start: square 10
2. Move the car 6 squares backwards (to the left). Each move goes to the next square.
   10 → 9 → 8 → 7 → 6 → 5 → 4
3. Write the square it is on now.
   4

Check. Count back 6 squares from 4 to check you reach 10. ✓

Watch out. Count the squares one at a time. Do not count the square the car starts on.

Method. Do each turn in order, starting from 6.

1. Start on 6. The arrow starts on 6.
   Start: 6
2. Make 2 quarter turns clockwise. Clockwise from 6 goes to 9, then to 12.
   6 → 9 → 12
3. Make 1 quarter turn anticlockwise. Anticlockwise from 12 goes to 9.
   12 → 9
4. Write where it points.
   9

Check. Two quarter turns clockwise, then one back, is one quarter turn clockwise from 6: 6 → 9. ✓

Watch out. Do each turn in order. Clockwise goes 6, 9, 12. Anticlockwise goes 12, 9, 6.