Grade 3 (Class 3) Maths Practice

Number lines and counting

Read number lines, the hundred chart and count on to 1,000

• Read a number line (to 100)
• Read a number line (to 1,000)
• Where does the number go?
• Hundred chart: missing number
• Count forwards (to 1,000)

Skip counting

Count in 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 8s, 10s, 50s and 100s

• Count in 2s, 5s and 10s
• Count in 3s, 4s and 8s
• Count in 50s and 100s
• Skip-counting stories
• Find the missing number

Number names and Roman numerals

Numbers in words, 1st 2nd 3rd, and I V X

• Write the number in words
• Write the number in digits
• Ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd…)
• Roman numerals (I, V, X)
• Ordinal numbers up to 100th

Even and odd

Spot even and odd numbers

• Is it even or odd?
• Even or odd number of things?
• Pick the even (or odd) number
• Next even or odd number

Place value

Hundreds, tens and ones

• What number do the blocks show?
• Value of a digit
• Expanded form
• Regrouping
• Guess the number
• Place value word problems
• Convert between place values

Comparing and ordering

Use and = and put numbers in order

• Compare with or =
• Put in order (smallest first)
• Greatest and least
• Comparing word problems

Rounding and estimating

Round to the nearest 10 or 100 and estimate answers

• Round to the nearest 10
• Round to the nearest 100
• Estimate a sum
• Estimate a difference
• Estimating word problems

Patterns

Repeating shape patterns and growing number patterns

• What comes next? (shapes)
• Find the missing piece
• Growing number patterns
• Shrinking number patterns

Adding and subtracting to 20

Number facts, missing numbers and balancing

• Add within 20
• Subtract within 20
• Missing number
• Balance the equation
• Add three numbers
• Which sign makes it true?
• Doubles and near doubles
• True or false?
• Ways to make a number

Adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers

Column sums, ten more or less and word problems

• Add 2-digit numbers
• Subtract 2-digit numbers
• Ten more, ten less
• Add and subtract tens
• Missing number
• Word problems
• Two-step word problems
• Compare the sums
• Add by compensation
• Add three 2-digit numbers

Adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers

Column methods, missing numbers and word problems

• 10 or 100 more or less
• Add 3-digit numbers
• Subtract 3-digit numbers
• Add or take away tens and hundreds
• Missing number
• Word problems
• Two-step word problems
• Which subtraction gives the answer?
• Check with the opposite

Input and output tables

Find the rule, the output or the input

• Find the output
• Find the rule
• Find the input

Fact families and maths words

Fact families, related facts, sum/difference/product/quotient, mixed facts

• Fact families
• Related facts
• Maths words
• Mixed facts
• Which sign makes it true?

Understand multiplication

Equal groups, repeated addition, arrays and turn-around facts

• Equal groups
• Repeated addition
• Arrays
• Turn-around facts
• Multiply by 0 and 1

Times tables

Tables of 2 to 10, missing numbers and multiples

• Tables of 2, 5 and 10
• Tables of 3, 4 and 6
• Tables of 7, 8 and 9
• Missing number
• Multiples
• Multiply by 10 and 100
• True or false?
• Multiply using a number line

Multiplication word problems

Equal groups, times as many and two-step stories

• Equal groups stories
• Times as many
• Rows and columns stories
• Two-step problems
• Cost of several things
• Find the missing factor

Multiplying bigger numbers

2-digit and 3-digit numbers times a 1-digit number

• Multiply tens
• 2-digit × 1-digit (no carrying)
• 2-digit × 1-digit (with carrying)
• 3-digit × 1-digit
• Word problems
• Area models
• Multiply using laws

Understand division

Sharing, grouping, repeated subtraction and fact families

• Share equally
• Make equal groups
• Repeated subtraction
• Fact families

Division facts

Divide by 2 to 10, missing numbers, 1 and itself

• Divide by 2, 5 and 10
• Divide by 3, 4 and 6
• Divide by 7, 8 and 9
• Missing number
• Divide by 1 and by itself
• True or false?
• Divide using a number line

Division word problems

Sharing stories, remainders and dividing bigger numbers

• Sharing and grouping stories
• How many are left over?
• Divide with a remainder
• Divide 2-digit numbers
• How many do we need?

Money in dirhams and fils

Count notes and coins, change dirhams to fils, add and give change

• Count the money
• Dirhams and fils
• Add money
• Work out the change
• Price lists
• Money word problems
• Least number of notes and coins
• Which shows more money?
• How much more to make?

Telling the time

Read clocks to the minute, minutes past and to, how long things take

• Time to 5 minutes
• Time to the minute
• Minutes past and minutes to
• What time will it be?
• How long did it take?
• Hours and minutes
• a.m. or p.m.?
• Which clock is later?
• Read a timetable
• Time patterns

Days, months and calendars

Read a calendar, days in months, weeks and dates

• Read a calendar
• How many of a day?
• Dates a week later
• Days in a month
• Weeks and days
• Months of the year

Length, mass and capacity

Metres and centimetres, kilograms and grams, litres and millilitres

• Metres and centimetres
• Kilograms and grams
• Litres and millilitres
• Which is more?
• Choose the best unit
• Measurement word problems

Thermometers and measuring tools

Read thermometers, rulers, scales and measuring jugs

• Read a thermometer
• Hotter or colder?
• Read a ruler
• Read a weighing scale
• Read a measuring jug
• Which tool would you use?

2D shapes and angles

Name shapes, sides and corners, right angles, kinds of lines

• Name the shape
• Sides and corners
• Right, smaller or bigger angle?
• Kinds of lines
• How many right angles?
• Quadrilaterals
• Flip, turn or slide?
• Fractions of a turn

3D shapes

Name solids, count faces, edges and corners, shapes around us

• Name the solid
• Faces, edges and corners
• Shapes around us
• What shape are the faces?
• Can it roll?

Symmetry

Lines of symmetry in shapes and letters

• Is it a line of symmetry?
• Letters with symmetry
• How many lines of symmetry?
• Symmetry in real life

Perimeter and area

Count squares, measure round the edge, rectangle problems

• Area by counting squares
• Perimeter on a grid
• Perimeter of a rectangle
• Area of a rectangle
• Perimeter and area word problems

Understand fractions

Shaded parts, numerator and denominator, fractions of a group

• What fraction is shaded?
• Fraction not shaded
• Numerator and denominator
• Fraction of a group
• Fraction words
• Fractions and decimals: tenths

Fractions on a number line

Find and place fractions between 0 and 1

• Which fraction is marked?
• How many jumps?
• Fractions bigger than one
• Which is closer to 1?

Equivalent and comparing fractions

Fractions that are the same, comparing and ordering

• Equivalent fractions
• Compare: same denominator
• Compare: same numerator
• Order fractions
• Which fraction is bigger?

Adding and subtracting fractions

Same denominators, making a whole and word problems

• Add fractions
• Subtract fractions
• Make one whole
• Add with models
• Fraction word problems
• Break into unit fractions

Graphs and data

Pictographs with a key, bar graphs, tally tables and totals

• Pictograph with a key
• Read a bar graph
• How many more or fewer?
• Total from a table
• Most and least
• Read a line graph
• Venn diagrams

Chance and probability

Certain, likely, unlikely or impossible

• Certain, likely, unlikely or impossible?
• Picking from a bag
• Certain or impossible from a bag
• Spinners
• More, less or equally likely
• Combinations

Is this Grade 3 maths practice free?

Yes. All 35 Grade 3 topics, worked examples and printable worksheets are free, with no sign-up.

Does it follow the Grade 3 (Class 3) CBSE maths book?

The topics follow the chapter order of the CBSE and Indian-curriculum Grade 3 maths books used in UAE schools, so children can practise the chapter they are learning in class.

How can I help my child with Grade 3 maths at home?

Pick the chapter your child is studying, start in practice mode, and encourage them to press the ? button whenever they are stuck. When they score well, switch to test mode, then print a worksheet for extra practice.

Are there word problems?

Yes. Grade 3 word problems use real-life situations with dirhams, distances, weights and time. Each one has a space to write the numbers, choose the sign and work out the answer.