CLASS 3 MATHEMATICS NOTE

FIRST TERM

WEEK 1
Topic:- Revision, Counting and Writing of Numbers up to 9,999

Counting in Ones
• To count on in ones means adding 1 to a given number in order
to get the next number. The number increases by 1. 
       E.g  1, 2, 3, 4, …5…,    6……,   ……7…,    ……8…, 
              53, 54, 55, 56, …57…,58 ……,  ………,  ……….
              4297, 4298, 4299, 4300, 4301, ……,  ……,  …….
• To count back in ones is to subtract 1 from a given number to
get the next. The numbers are decreasing by 1
         E.g  9, 8, 7, 6, 5, ……,   ………,   ……,  …….  ……..
                 103, 102, 101, 100, 99, ……,  ………,   ……
4004, 4003, 4002, 4001, 4000,
3999,  ………,   ……,  
……..                                                                                           
Counting on in tens
• Counting on in tens means adding ten on to the previous number
in the sequence.
• Example 1 : 10, 20, 30, …..,   ……,   …… ……  …...  ……..,
• Answer = 10, 20, 30,   40,   50,   60, 70,   80,   90,   
• Example 2:  100, 110, ……, ……., …….., ……, ………, …..
• Answer = 100, 110,  120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170

Counting forward and backward in thousands.

• Counting in thousands is similar to hundreds but this time, we
use thousands.
• E.g, Counting on, we have:
1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000.
• Counting back, we have:
5000, 4000, 3000, 2000, 1000

Example 1
Fill in the missing numbers.
i. ____; 495 ; 500 ; ____; ____.
Answers: 490, 505, 510
ii. 1,222 ; 1,224 ; 1,226 ; 1,228 ; 1,228 ; _____
 Answers: 1230
iii. 1,115 ; 1,110; ____; _____; 1,095
Answers: 1,105; 1,100
Example 2
Write the numbers that come before and after the following.
i. 505, 510, _____, 520.
Answers: 515
ii. 1105, _____, _____, 1111.
Answers: 1107, 1109
iii. ____, 1305, _____, 1315.
Answers: 1300, 1310

• Further Examples
Write out the missing numbers.
• 1) 10, 20,_____, 40, ____, 60, ______.
• Answers = 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70.
• 2) 220, ______, 240, 250, _______, 270.
• Answers = 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270.
• 3) 4000, 5000, _______, 7000, _______, 9000.
• Answers = 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000.

WEEK 2
TOPIC: Place value of numbers up to 10,000

Example 1: What is the place value of each digit in 3,984.

Thousands Hundreds Tens Units

3 9 8 6

 Place value of 3 is 3 thousands or 3,000.

 Place value of 9 is 9 hundreds or 900.
  Place value of 8 is 8 tens or 80.
 Place value of 6 is 6 units or 6.

 Further examples.
 Example 3: What is the place value of 9 in 9,618?
The answer is 9,000 or 9 thousands.
 Example 4: What is the place value of 7 in 8,723?
The answer is 700 or 7 hundreds.
 Example 5: What is the place value of 6 in 8,164?
The answer is 60 or 6 tens.

FURTHER EXAMPLES
Show the value of the digits in 4,795
 4,7 9 5 = 4000 + 700 + 90 + 5
 59,642 = 50000 + 9000 + 600 + 40 + 2
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
 Write in expanded or standard form
1. 7893 = 7000+800+90+3
2. 35678 = 30,000+5000+600+70+8
3. 70987 = 70,000+900+80+7
 Find the place value of the following numbers.
1. The place value of 7 in 8,780 = 700
2. The place value of 8 in 5,768 = 8
3. The place value of 4 in 8,247 = 40
4. The place value of 5 in 5,329 = 5000
5. The place value of 6 in 6,755 = 6000

WEEK 3
Topic:- Writing Numbers in words and figure up to 99, 999

Activity 1
Write the figures below in words
1. 7802 = Seven thousand, eight hundred and two.
2. 88112 = Eighty-eight thousand, one hundred and twelve

2. 53008 = Fifty-three thousand and eight.

FURTHER PRACTICE
Write in figures:
1 . Four thousand , two hundred and fifty-six. = 4256
2 Twelve thousand, three hundred and five = 12,305
3 Forty-five thousand and thirteen = 45013

PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Write the numbers below in word form
1.   54,299 = Fifty four thousand, two hundred and ninety nine
2.   80,926 = Eighty thousand, nine hundred and twenty six
3.   27,286 = Twenty seven thousand, two hundred and eighty
six
4.   11,739 = Eleven thousand, seven hundred and thirty nine
5.   78,500 = Seventy eight thousand, five hundred