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Year 3 mathematics at school: What to expect

Find out about the skills your Year 3 child will be developing. Learn how you can support and build on what they learn at school.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 3
Audience	Parent or carer
Purpose	Home practice tasks, Parent guide to maths
Format	Downloadable resources
Keywords	maths at home, numeracy, number sense, understanding, reasoning, fluency
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Measurement, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Place value, Addition and subtraction, Multiplication and division, Operating with number
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M3A02 Extend and apply knowledge of addition and subtraction facts to 20 to develop efficient mental strategies for computation with larger numbers without a calculator AC9M3A03 Recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts for 3, 4, 5 and 10; extend and apply facts to develop the related division facts
Numeracy progression	Additive strategies (P8) Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P3, P4) Multiplicative strategies (P5)
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Organisation	Commonwealth of Australia
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