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The purpose of the study was to evaluate the content of the mathematics textbooks for the lower grades (Grade I, II and III) in KSA, in light of the content standards of the common core state standards of mathematics CCSSM. The study used content analyzing, for the content of student's textbooks, of the primary stage in Saudi Arabia, and approved of the academic year 2016/2017. In order to achieve the goals of the study, used analysis tool after verifying of validity and stability of its. It was built after analyzing some of resources and tools used in the United States of America. The tool was composed of two dimensions to measure: Focus, and coherence, included mathematics content standards for the kindergarten to third grade k-3. The study found out that Focus level of the mathematics textbooks content was middle at a percentage of 52%, 56.5% in the light of the main standards and 43.5% in the light of the non- main standards. The mathematics textbooks content reflected the Coherence of the standards by a percentage of 40.43%. In light of these results, the study presented a scenario to develop mathematics textbooks in Focus and Coherence. (Published Abstract)