Maths Basic Skills

Year 3 

Number and Place Value 

Read and write numbers to 1000 in words and numerals 

Count in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100 from 0  

Say 10/100 more/less than any number to 1000 

Recognise the value of each digit in a three-digit number (245 = 200 and 40 and 5 or 2 hundreds, 4 tens and 5 units) 

Compare and order numbers up to 1000  

Number – mental addition and subtraction 
Recall rapidly number bonds to 100 multiples of 10/5 and any number (e.g. 80+20, 35+65, 43+57) 

Mentally add and subtract: 

• a 1-digit and a 2-digit number 

• a 2-digit number and multiple of ten 

• three 1-digit numbers 

Number – mental multiplication and division 

Know and rapidly recall 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables (multiplication and division facts) 

Number – fractions 

Recognise, name and write unit fractions (1/12, 1/7, 1/3, 1/5, 1/9, etc.) 

Recognise, find and write unit and non-unit fractions of a set of objects (e.g. ¾ of 16, 1/5 of 20)  

Measurement 

Write and tell the time using the 12 and 24-hour clocks, am/pm and Roman numerals I-XII 

Know the number of seconds in a minute, number of days in each month, in a year and a leap year 

Resources/Suggested activities:  

Use coins to help with place value 10p = tens, 1p = units. So 3x10p and 4 x 1p = 34 

Use playing cards to practise times tables (Ace = 1, Jack =11, Queen = 12). Turn over two cards and multiply together. 

Use a clock, watch or phone showing analogue and digital time 

Make your own clock using card and butterfly clips (use Roman numerals in addition to standard numerals) 

Find clocks with Roman numerals 

Make cards with standard and Roman numerals – play a matching game.