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Year 3 Essential Skills
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Place Value
Recognise place value
\[ \text{Value of 4 in 847} \rightarrow 40 \]
Identify the value of a digit in a three-digit number.
Partition 3-digit numbers
\[ 362 \rightarrow 300 + 60 + 2 \]
Write a three-digit number as hundreds + tens + ones.
Compare 3-digit numbers
\[ 372 \text{ vs } 328 \rightarrow 372 \]
Compare two three-digit numbers.
Order 3-digit numbers
\[ 528, 285, 582 \rightarrow \text{sorted} \]
Order three 3-digit numbers from smallest to largest.
Find 10 or 100 more/less
\[ 463 + 100 \rightarrow 563 \]
Find 10 or 100 more or less than a 3-digit number.
Count in multiples
\[ 32, 40, 48, \square \rightarrow 56 \]
Continue counting in steps of 4, 8, 50 or 100.
Read and write numbers
\[ 507 \leftrightarrow \text{five hundred…} \]
Read and write three-digit numbers in words and numerals.
Roman numerals I to XII
\[ 9 \leftrightarrow \text{IX} \]
Convert between Roman numerals (I-XII) and numbers.
Addition and Subtraction
Add mentally to 3-digits
\[ 456 + 70 \rightarrow 526 \]
Add a 1-digit number, multiple of 10, or multiple of 100.
Subtract mentally from 3-digits
\[ 463 – 50 \rightarrow 413 \]
Subtract a 1-digit number, multiple of 10, or multiple of 100.
Written addition
\[ 347 + 286 \rightarrow 633 \]
Add two three-digit numbers using column addition.
Written subtraction
\[ 624 – 358 \rightarrow 266 \]
Subtract two three-digit numbers using column subtraction.
Estimate answers
\[ 387 + 245 \approx 600 \]
Estimate the answer to addition or subtraction by rounding.
Check using inverse
\[ 234 + 189 = 423 \text{ ✓?} \]
Use inverse operations to check addition and subtraction.
Multiplication and Division
3 times table
\[ 7 \times 3 = 21, \quad 21 \div 3 = 7 \]
Recall multiplication and division facts for the 3 times table.
4 times table
\[ 6 \times 4 = 24, \quad 24 \div 4 = 6 \]
Recall multiplication and division facts for the 4 times table.
8 times table
\[ 7 \times 8 = 56, \quad 56 \div 8 = 7 \]
Recall multiplication and division facts for the 8 times table.
Multiply 2-digit by 1-digit
\[ 23 \times 4 \rightarrow 92 \]
Multiply a two-digit number by a single-digit number.
Divide 2-digit by 1-digit
\[ 84 \div 4 \rightarrow 21 \]
Divide a two-digit number by a single-digit number with no remainder.
Scaling problems
\[ 8 \text{ cm} \times 3 \rightarrow 24 \text{ cm} \]
Solve problems involving multiplication as scaling.
Fractions
Count in tenths
\[ \frac{3}{10}, \frac{4}{10}, \square \rightarrow \frac{5}{10} \]
Count forwards and backwards in tenths.
Recognise equivalent fractions
\[ \frac{1}{2} = \frac{2}{4} \]
Recognise equivalent fractions.
Add/Sub same denominator
\[ \frac{2}{5} + \frac{1}{5} \rightarrow \frac{3}{5} \]
Add or subtract two fractions with the same denominator.
Compare unit fractions
\[ \frac{1}{4} > \frac{1}{6} \]
Compare unit fractions by reasoning about the size of parts.
Find fractions of amounts
\[ \frac{1}{4} \text{ of } 24 \rightarrow 6 \]
Find a unit fraction of an amount.
Time
Tell time to nearest minute
\[ \text{Clock showing } 4:23 \]
Read analogue clock to the nearest minute.
Convert 12h and 24h
\[ 3:45 \text{ pm} \leftrightarrow 15:45 \]
Convert times between 12-hour and 24-hour formats.
Calculate time durations
\[ 9:15 \to 10:00 \rightarrow 45 \text{ mins} \]
Calculate durations between two times.
Know months and days
\[ \text{Days in March} \rightarrow 31 \]
Know the number of days in each month.
Measurement
Convert metric units
\[ 3 \text{ cm} \rightarrow 30 \text{ mm} \]
Convert between units of length (mm, cm, m) and mass (g, kg).
Add and subtract lengths
\[ 25\text{cm} + 48\text{cm} \rightarrow 73\text{cm} \]
Add or subtract lengths with same units.
Calculate perimeter
\[ \text{Rectangle } 5 \times 3 \rightarrow 16\text{cm} \]
Calculate the perimeter of rectangles.
Money
Add or subtract money
\[ £2.35 + £1.48 \rightarrow £3.83 \]
Add or subtract amounts of money.
Calculate change
\[ £5.00 – £3.45 \rightarrow £1.55 \]
Calculate change from a given amount.
Geometry
Identify right angles
\[ \text{Rectangle} \rightarrow 4 \text{ right angles} \]
Recognise and count right angles in shapes.
Compare angles to right angles
\[ \text{Acute} \rightarrow \text{less than } 90° \]
Identify whether an angle is greater than, less than, or equal to a right angle.
Horizontal and vertical lines
\[ \text{Identify vertical line} \]
Identify horizontal and vertical lines.
Parallel and perpendicular
\[ \text{Identify parallel lines} \]
Identify parallel and perpendicular lines.
Statistics
Read bar charts
\[ \text{Reading bar height} \]
Read values and answer questions from bar charts.
Read tables
\[ \text{Reading table cell} \]
Read values from tables including two-way tables.
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