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  • Key Maths facts

    By the end of year 3, children are expected to be able to do the following in Maths:

    Place value:

    • Compare and order numbers up to 1000
    • Read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and words
    • Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number
    • Recognise the place value of each digit in a three digit number (hundreds, tens, ones)
    • Solve number problems and practical problems involving place value

    Addition and subtraction:

    • Add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a 3 digit number and ones, a 3 digit number and tens, a 3 digit number and hundreds
    • Add and subtract numbers with up to 3 digits using formal written methods of column addition and subtraction 
    • Solve problems including missing number problems using number facts, place value and more complex addition and subtraction

    Multiplication and division:

    • Added to the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, Year 3 children learn multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 times tables.
    • They will also be taught that there is a connection between the 2, 4 and 8 times tables through doubling and halving, e.g. 2x4=4 so 4x4=8.

    Fractions:

    • Count up and down in tenths: recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10
    •  Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators
    • Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators
    • Compare and order unit fractions and fractions with the same denominators
    • Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole

    Measurement:

    • Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm): mass (kg/g) volume/capacity (l/ml) including measuring the perimeter of simple 2D shapes
    • Add and subtract amounts of money to give change using both £ and p in practical contexts
    • Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from 1 to X11 and 12 hour and 24 hour clocks
    • Record and compare time in respect to seconds, minutes and hours
    • Know the number of days in a month, the number of months in a year and the number of days in a year – including a leap year

    Geometry:

    • Identify right angles, recognise that two right angles make a half-turn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn: identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle
    •  Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines
    • Draw 2D shapes using mathematical language
    • Recognise 2D and 3D shapes in different positions and orientation and describe them.

    Statistics:

    • Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables, including solving one step and 2 step questions using information presented in scales bar charts and pictograms and tables.