Primary 3 Mathematics
Lessons in primary 3 mathematics. This course is still being developed; independent practice and assessment coverage is incomplete.
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Primary 3 Mathematics
- Numbers and relationshipsSuggested next · 4 core lessonsBuild and connect the representations and methods in numbers and relationships.
- FractionsSuggested next · 2 core lessonsBuild and connect the representations and methods in fractions.
- Measurement and shapesSuggested next · 6 core lessonsBuild and connect the representations and methods in measurement and shapes.
- Representing and interpreting dataSuggested next · 1 core lessonBuild and connect the representations and methods in representing and interpreting data.
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Lessons in primary 3 mathematics. This course is still being developed; independent practice and assessment coverage is incomplete.
Learning goals
- Count forwards or backwards in equal steps
- Read and write numbers using place value
- Write a numeral for a number given in words
- Write a whole number in words
- Compare and order numbers and representations
- Describe and extend number patterns
- Add in place-value columns with the required exchanges
- Subtract in place-value columns, preserving value through exchanges
- Calculate with whole numbers mentally
- Recall multiplication facts
- Multiply whole numbers
- Divide whole numbers
- Find a whole-number quotient and a remainder smaller than the divisor
- Multiply using place-value parts and partial products
- Divide through place-value steps, retaining exchanges and zero places
- Write a different equivalent fraction
- Express a fraction in simplest form
- Compare unlike fractions
- Order unlike fractions
- Write an equivalent fraction with a given numerator
- Write an equivalent fraction with a given denominator
- Add and subtract related fractions within one whole
- Represent and calculate monetary amounts
- Measure and compare length, mass and liquid volume
- Convert compatible measurement units
- Read clocks and calculate durations
- Find a duration from starting and finishing clock times
- Find a starting or finishing clock time from a duration
- Convert between 12-hour and 24-hour clock notation
- Distinguish area, perimeter and volume and their units
- Calculate the length of a plane figure's complete boundary
- Calculate the area of a plane figure
- Classify shapes by their properties
- Compare an angle with a right angle
- Draw a distinct line parallel to a given line
- Draw a line perpendicular to a given line
- Read and interpret quantities in a bar graph
- Use the value of an axis gap to read a bar graph
Syllabus statements covered
- counting in hundreds/thousands
- number notation, representations and place values (thousands, hundreds, tens, ones)
- reading and writing numbers in numerals and in words
- comparing and ordering numbers
- patterns in number sequences
- addition and subtraction algorithms (up to 4 digits)
- mental calculation involving addition and subtraction of two 2-digit numbers
- multiplication tables of 6, 7, 8 and 9
- multiplying and dividing within the multiplication tables
- division with remainder
- multiplication and division algorithms (up to 3 digits by 1 digit)
- mental calculation involving multiplication and division within multiplication tables
- equivalent fractions
- expressing a fraction in its simplest form
- comparing and ordering unlike fractions with denominators of given fractions not exceeding 12
- writing the equivalent fraction of a fraction given the denominator or the numerator
- adding and subtracting two related fractions within one whole with denominators of given fractions not exceeding 12
- adding and subtracting money in decimal notation
- measuring • length in kilometres (km) • volume of liquid in millilitres (ml)
- measuring length/mass/volume (of liquid) in compound units
- converting a measurement in compound units to the smaller unit, and vice versa • kilometres and metres • metres and centimetres • kilograms and grams • litres and millilitres (numbers involved should be within easy manipulation)
- measuring time in seconds
- finding the starting time, finishing time or duration given the other two quantities
- 24-hour clock
- concepts of area and perimeter of a plane figure
- measuring area in square units, cm² and m², excluding conversion between cm² and m²
- perimeter of • rectilinear figure • rectangle • square
- area of rectangle/square
- concepts of angle
- right angles, angles greater than/smaller than a right angle
- perpendicular and parallel lines
- drawing perpendicular and parallel lines
- reading and interpreting data from bar graphs
- using different scales on axis