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