Year 3 maths games

What children learn in Year 3 maths

Year 3 is the first year of lower Key Stage 2, usually for children aged 7 to 8. The focus moves to becoming increasingly fluent with whole numbers and the four operations, and to developing efficient written and mental methods.

Pupils work with three-digit numbers, find 10 or 100 more or less than a number, and add and subtract numbers with up to three digits using column methods. They learn the 3, 4 and 8 times tables and begin multiplying two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers.

Fractions become numbers in their own right: pupils count in tenths, place fractions on a number line, compare unit fractions and add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole. Measurement includes perimeter, money and telling the time using 12- and 24-hour clocks and Roman numerals I to XII.

Key goals for Year 3 include:

• Know the 3, 4 and 8 times tables
• Add and subtract three-digit numbers in columns
• Understand fractions as numbers on a number line
• Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator

Coming soon

These Year 3 topics from the programme of study are on our list.

• Column addition and subtraction – Number – addition and subtraction (US 2.NBT.B.7)
• Two-digit times one-digit – Number – multiplication and division (US 3.NBT.A.3)
• Comparing fractions – Number – fractions (US 3.NF.A.3.d)
• Perimeter – Measurement (US 3.MD.D.8)
• Telling the time (12- and 24-hour) – Measurement (US 3.MD.A.1)
• Right angles and turns – Geometry – properties of shapes (US 4.MD.C.5)
• Bar charts and pictograms – Statistics (US 3.MD.B.3)

US equivalent: Year 3 pupils are about the age of Grade 2. Each topic shows the closest Common Core standard.