Curriculum overview: Year 3 Maths - Spring

2N1 – count in steps of 2, 3 and 5, from 0, and in tens from any number, forward or backward 

2N2a – read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words 

2N2b – compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs 

2N4 – identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line 

3N1b – count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100 

3N2a – compare and order numbers up to 1,000; read and write numbers to 1,000 in numerals and in words 

3N2b – find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number 

3N3 – recognise the place value of each digit in a three-digit number (hundreds, tens, ones) 

3N4 – identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations 

3N6 – solve number problems and practical problems involving 3N1-3N4 

1C2b – read, write and interpret mathematical statements involving addition (+), subtraction (–) and equals (=) signs 

2C2a – add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a two-digit number and ones; a two-digit number and tens; two two-digit numbers; adding three one-digit numbers 

2C2b – add and subtract numbers using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including: a two-digit number and ones; a two-digit number and tens; two two-digit numbers; adding three one-digit numbers 

2C4 – solve problems with addition and subtraction: using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures; applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods 

3C1 – add and subtract numbers mentally including: a three-digit number and ones; a three-digit number and tens; a three-digit number and hundreds 

3C2 – add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction 

3C4 – solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction 

2C6 – recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers 

3C6 – recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables 

3C7 – write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that pupils know, including for two-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods 

3C3 – estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers 

3C8 – solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects 

2F1a – recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/3 (one-third), 1/4 (one-quarter), 2/4 (two-quarters) and 3/4 (three-quarters) of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity 

3F1b – recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects; unit fraction and non-unit fractions with small denominators 

3F1c – recognise and use fractions as numbers: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators 

3F2 – recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators 

3F3 – compare and order unit fractions and fractions with the same denominators 

3F4 – add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole [e.g. 5/7 + 1/7 = 6/7] 

3F10 – solve problems that involve 3F1-3F4 

2M4b – compare and sequence intervals of time 

2M4c – know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day 

3M1a – compare lengths (m/cm/mm) 

3M2a – measure lengths (m/cm/mm) 

3M2b – measure mass (kg/g) 

3M2c – measure volume/capacity (l/ml) 

3M4d – estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o’clock/a.m./p.m., morning, afternoon, noon and midnight 

3M4e – know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year 

3M4f – compare durations of events, [e.g. to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks] 

3M9a – add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both pounds (£) and pence (p) in practical contexts 

3M9c – add and subtract mass (kg/g) 

3G2 – identify horizontal, vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines 

3G4a – recognise that angles are a property of shape or a description of a turn 

3G4b – 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 

2S1 – interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables