Year 3 Maths Curriculum Topics

Year 3 Maths – Your child needs to know:

Number and Place Value

• Counting in steps of 4, 8, 50 and 100
• Recognising place value of each digit in a three-digit number
• Comparing and ordering numbers to 1000 and writing these numbers in numerals and words

Calculating

• Adding and subtracting with numbers up to three digits using column addition and subtraction
• Knowing multiplication facts for the 3, 4 and 8 times table
• Multiplying two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers

Fractions

• Finding fractions of quantities
• Understanding equivalent fractions
• Adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator

Measuring

• Adding and subtracting measurements of length, weight and capacity
• Working out the perimeter of simple 2D shapes
• Adding and subtracting amounts of money
• Telling and writing the time using the 12-hour and 24-hour clock

Geometry

• Drawing 2D shapes and making 3D shapes
• Recognising right angles and identifying whether angles are greater or smaller than a right angle
• Identifying horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of parallel and perpendicular lines

Statistics

• Interpreting and presenting data using bar charts, pictograms and tables
• Answering one-step and two-step questions about the data presented