United Kingdom Year 3 National Curriculum - Mathematics

This outlines the key components of the mathematics curriculum for Year 3 students in the United Kingdom.

Number

• Number and Place Value: Students develop fluency with whole numbers and place value up to 1000. They learn to compare and order numbers, identify, represent, and estimate numbers using different representations, and read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and words.
• Addition and Subtraction: Students develop fluency in addition and subtraction, including mental calculations and using formal written methods like the column method.
• Multiplication and Division: The focus is on learning multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4, and 8 multiplication tables. Students apply these facts in calculations with one and two-digit numbers and develop mental math skills.
• Fractions (including decimals and percentages): Students begin to understand fractions, decimals, and percentages.

Measurement

• Time: Students learn to tell and write the time from an analogue clock.
• Other Measurements: Year 3 students work with various units of measurement.

Geometry

• Shapes and Angles: Students learn about properties of shapes, including symmetry and angles.

Data Handling

• Charts: Students learn to interpret and create different types of charts.

This curriculum aims to develop children's fluency and confidence in working with numbers and the four operations. The curriculum emphasizes the use of accurate mathematical language to describe mathematical concepts.