Drag rhythmic values into up to 8 beat blocks per line to build a drum groove, or click a tile then click a block to place it — handy on a trackpad.
Math skill: Comparison Word Problems (1.OA.A.1)
How the beat teaches it: Every slot describes two imaginary groups of quarter notes without building them — your job is to find the difference and build only that, on a third instrument, so the answer is never mixed up with the numbers in the question.
This is lesson 3 of 4 in RockBlocks Math, Grade 1, a free course where every lesson turns a math idea into something you can count, hear, and play. The previous lesson, “Subtraction Word Problems: Take From,” covered subtraction Word Problems (1.OA.A.1). Next is Lesson 4, “Adding Three Numbers.”
Every slot above (A, B, C, D) is its own question, and it’s a real, blank RockBlocks beat the whole time — the same drag-and-drop tiles, kit, tempo, sheet music, and drummer view as anywhere else on the site. Tap ❓ Questionin the corner to read the current slot’s problem, build your answer right in the grid, then tap ✓ Check Answerto grade it. Once you’re done, keep going: expand the beat, drop it into a Stack, or save a copy to your own page — nothing here overwrites the lesson itself, so every visitor still starts from the same blank slots.