Year 3

Maths Practice Questions

Introduction for teachers and parents

In this book there are single-page exercises covering most of the mathematics work that children will meet in Year 3.

On each page there are some examples/hints along with a set of questions for children to answer. There is space
for answers to be written in the book.

Each exercise ends with a challenging question for the more able children.

At the end of each page, children are invited to answer a self-assessment question.

Using this book

The exercises in the Maths Practice Questions books are not intended to be used in the initial teaching of new
mathematics topics.

However, they can be used as:

• Homework activities - to consolidate work done in class.

• End of topic class activities - to give children the opportunity to check their understanding of a particular topic.

• Assessment tasks - allowing teachers to establish whether or not children are secure in their
understanding of a topic.

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 Contents

Number and Place Value 3 - 10

Addition and Subtraction 11 - 17

Multiplication and Division 18 - 24

Fractions 25 - 32

Measurement 33 - 38

Geometry 39 - 41

Statistics 42 - 44

Appendix - Information for Parents 45 - 47

Notes 48

Are you
ready for a
challenge?

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 Number and Place Value

A Place value 100 10 1 538 is a three-digit number

5 3 8 with 5 hundreds, 3 tens and 8 ones.

1 How many hundreds are in each number?

534 has 5 hundreds Let’s get

started!
361 has 3 hundreds

892 has 8 hundreds

2 What digit is in the ‘ones’ column of these numbers?

321 1 135 5

What digit is in the ‘tens’ column of these numbers?

432 3 584 8

3 What is the value of the 6 in these numbers? Write your answers in words.

62 ix 
196 ix 
680 ix 

4 Here are some digits: 7 5 3

OK!
Can you use these digits to make a number with 3 tens and 5 hundreds? 537
What is the smallest number you can make using all three digits? 357

I know the ‘place value’ of each digit in a 3-digit number. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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B Reading and writing numbers
Digits 638 Words six hundred and thirty eight

1 Can you write these numbers in words?

521 e d d y-

323  d d y-
999  d d y-
1000  d

2 Can you write these numbers using digits?

four hundred and twenty-one 421

six hundred and sixty-six 666
seven hundred and one 701

3 Jake has sixteen coins and Daljit gives him 7 more.

How many coins does Jake have now?

23 in digits

y- in words

4 start with 6 add twelve divide by 3 double it

Give your answer in digits: 12 This looks

tricky!
and in words: e

I can read and write numbers up to 1000 in digits and words. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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C Place value and partitioning
346 can be partitioned into hundreds, tens and ones. E.g. 346 = 300 + 40 + 6

It can be partitioned in other ways too. E.g. 346 = 330 + 16

1 Try partitioning these numbers in to hundreds, tens and ones.

648 = 600 + 40 + 8
795 = 700 + 90 + 5
304 = 300 + 0 + 4

2 Can you complete these?

400 + 20 + 2 = 422
600 + 30 + 4 = 634

900 + 70 + 2 = 972

3 Now let’s look at some different ways of partitioning.

631 = 620 + 11
448 = 444 + 4

Phew!
5 Use the same idea to
4 Sam wanted to know how many 8s are in 112. find out how many 8s
He used a great way to find out. there are in 864.

Can you fill in the gaps to help him? 8 6 4 = 8 0 0 + 6 4

(100 x 8) (8 x 8)
112 = 80 + 32

(10 x 8) ( 4 x 8)

So there are 14 8s in 112.

Answer: 108

I can find different ways of partitioning. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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D Counting in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100 1 x 4 = 4
2 x 4 = 8
We can count in 4s like this: 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 ...
3 x 4 = 12
Numbers like 4, 8 and 12 are called multiples of 4. 4 x 4 = 16

1 Can you find the multiples of 4 in this list? Draw a circle around them.
3 4 7 10 16 20 22 28

2 Starting with 44, count up to 72 in fours.

44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72

3 List the first 6 multiples of 100.

100 200 300 400 500 600

4 Starting from 800, can you count to 1600 in hundreds?

800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600

5 Can you count to 300 in 50s?

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

6 Try counting up from 40 in 8s.

40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96

7 Only one of these numbers is a multiple of 8. Can you circle it?

18 20 22 42 56 60

Harder!
8 Can you find all the two-digit multiples of 8?

16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96

I can count in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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E More or less
24 is 10 more than 14 426 is 100 more than 326 59 is 10 less than 69

1 What is 10 more than 22? 32 In digits

What is 10 more than 83? y- In words

What is 10 more than 95? 105 In digits

2 Can you find 10 less than these numbers?

66 56 120 110 100 90 203 193 408 398

3 What is 100 more than these numbers?

2 102 200 300 301 401 1000 1100 1003 1103

4 Bill had £250. He gave his friend £100, so now he has £100 less.
How much has he got now?

£ 150

5 What is two hundred more than two hundred and six?

r d d ix In words

6 Can you fill in the gaps below?

10 more 300 more

29 39 339
Tricky!

100 less 40 less

199 299

I can find 10 or 100 more or less than a number. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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F Comparing and ordering numbers
12 > 8 19 < 20
595 is a bigger number than 260. 12 is more than 8 19 is less than 20

1 Which number is the biggest? Put a circle around your answer.

200 208 212 164

2 Can you put these numbers in order, smallest to biggest?

12 4 30 155 6 99

4 6 12 30 99 155
(smallest) (biggest)

3 Sharky Eely Swordy

30 cm long 40 cm long 60 cm long

Which fish is the longest? Sy Which fish is the shortest? Sy
How much longer is Swordy than Sharky? 30 m

4 What is 6 less than 12? 6

How many more than 18 is 35? 17
What do you add to 117 to get 133? 16
Lucy is 7 years old. How old will she be in 24 years? 31 years old

5 Use the symbols < > or = in the boxes below.

a) 814 > 614 b) 2 + 6 = 4+4 Oh no!

c) 900 < 999 d) 17 – 6 > 18 – 8

I can compare and order numbers up to 1000. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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G Solving problems

1 Jack’s fish Jill’s fish

Jack has 12 fish Jill has 15 fish

Jack and Jill put their fish in a pond. There were already 100 fish in the pond.

How many fish are in the pond now? 127

2 A baker baked 85 loaves of bread. She sold 10 less than she baked.

How many did she sell? 75

3 A baby worm is 32 mm long.

How much more would it need
to grow to be 50 mm long?

0 mm 10 mm 20 mm 30 mm 40 mm 50 mm 18 mm

4 Sam has 6 more marbles than Cal. Zac has eight more than Sam. If Cal has 10,

- how many marbles does Sam have? 16 Help!

- how many marbles does Zac have? 24
- who has the least marbles? Cl

I can solve problems using what I know about numbers. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 H Word questions

1 Sadie is counting up in multiples of eight. 1 6

The first number she says is 16. What is the third number she says?
2 4
32 3 2

2 Mark partitioned a number like this: 300 + 60 + 8.

What number did he start with? 368

3 Ben has eighty-four stickers and Sara has twenty less.

How many does Sara have? 64

4 Jake is counting down in 50s. The first number he says is 600. 6 0 0 , 5 5 0

5 0 0 , 4 5 0
What is the fourth number he says? 450

5 What even number is bigger than

two hundred and twelve but smaller 214
than two hundred and fifteen?

6 What is two hundred more than 357? 557

2 0 + 2 5
7 Three friends collected shells on the beach. They collected 95 shells = 4 5
in total and the first person collected 20. If the second person
9 5 − 4 5
collected 25 how many did the third person collect?
Wow! = 5 0
50

I can answer word questions about number and place value. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 Addition and Subtraction

A Adding mentally 100 10 1 10 1 100 10 1

123 + 30 = ? 1 2 3 + 3 0 = 1 5 3

Always think about 123 has 2 tens We need to add 2 tens + 3 tens
hundreds, tens and ones. 3 more tens = 5 tens

1 Can you add these numbers in your head?

144 + 2 = 146
232 + 30 = 262
311 + 200 = 511

2 What numbers are missing?

130 + 30 = 160

341 + 3 = 344

220 + 600 = 820

3 Try to follow the steps to find the answer.

200 + 20 + 100 + 6 + 30 = 356

4 For a challenge, try these:

166 + 40 = 206
138 + 5 = 143
Do you
224 + 77 = 301 think I’m
a genius?
393 + 9 = 402

I can add ones, tens and hundreds to a 3-digit number. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 B Subtracting mentally 100 10 1 1 100 10 1
345 – 4 = ? 3 4 5 – 4 = 3 4 1

Break down or 345 has 5 ones 4 ones 5 ones – 4 ones

‘partition’ the numbers into = 1 one
hundreds, tens and ones.

1 Try these in your head:

647 – 6 = 641
362 – 40 = 322
751 – 300 = 451

2 Can you work out what numbers are missing?

140 – 30 = 110

666 – 6 = 660

324 – 200 = 124

3 Follow the steps to find the answer.

320 – 20 – 200 – 10 – 7 = 83

4 For a big challenge, you could try these:

142 – 8 = 134
135 – 16 = 119
Here
goes...
224 – 105 = 119
342 – 43 = 299

I can subtract ones, tens and hundreds from a 3-digit number. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 C Written addition 100 10 1
Keep hundreds, tens 3 2 4 Start with ones, then tens,
and units in line like this: then hundreds.
+ 5 8

3 8 2
1

1 Try these:

2 4 2 3 4 3 4 5 6
+ 1 2 7 + 4 2 8 + 1 5 2

3 6 9 7 7 1 6 0 8
1 1

2 Now try these:

161 + 427 746 + 35 321 + 186

1 6 1 7 4 6 3 2 1
+ 4 2 7 + 3 5 + 1 8 6
5 8 8 7 8 1 5 0 7
1 1

Wow!
3 For a challenge you could try these:

699 + 211 222 + 388 142 + 345 + 134

6 9 9 2 2 2 1 4 2
+ 2 1 1 + 3 8 8 3 4 5
9 1 0 6 1 0 + 1 3 4
1 1 1 1
6 2 1
1 1

I can add numbers with up to 3 digits using column addition. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 D Written subtraction 100 10 1

2 5 6 1 3 You can change a ten

into ones if you need to.
_ 1 3 4

1 2 9

1 Begin by trying these:

4 5 4 6 3 5 6 7 6
– 3 2 2 – 2 3 2 – 5 4 5

1 3 2 4 0 3 1 3 1

2 Now try these:

1 1 01 1 1 2 1
4 2 6 5 3 4 5
– 1 8 – 2 4 – 1 5 2

4 0 8 9 1 1 9 3

Let’s
do this!
3 For a challenge you could try these:

462 – 174 223 – 124 702 – 403

3 15 1 1 11 1 6 9 1
4 6 2 2 2 3 7 0 2
− 1 7 4 − 1 2 4 − 4 0 3
2 8 8 9 9 2 9 9

I can subtract numbers with up to 3 digits using column subtraction. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 E Estimating and checking Checking

Estimating You can check a calculation

99 x 3 = ? by doing the ‘inverse’ calculation.

We know that this is nearly the same as: E.g. 38 – 12 = 26

100 x 3 = 300 check: 12 + 26 = 38

99 x 3 is nearly 300. E.g. 18 ÷ 3 = 6

check: 3 x 6 = 18

1 Ben did these calculations. Did he get them right?

Do some estimating to check his answers. The first one is done for you.

a) 81 + 21 = 111 Is this right? No because 80 + 20 = 100

b) 21 + 39 = 50 Is this right? No because 20 + 40 = 60
c) 49 x 6 = 244 Is this right? No because 50 x 6 = 300

2 Try these calculations and check them. The first one is done for you.

a) 342 – 20 = 322 322 + 20 = 342

b) 268 – 7 = 261 261 + 7 = 268
c) 844 – 300 = 544 544 + 300 = 844

3 Siân was asked to share £126 equally between herself and her two brothers.
She said they could have about £30 each.
Harder!
Can you complete this to explain why she was wrong?

Siân was wrong because 3 x £ 30 = £ 90

How much should she have given to each brother?

1 2 6 ÷ 3 = 4 2
Answer: £ 42

I can estimate the answer to a calculation and check my answer. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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F Adding and subtracting to solve problems
1 2 4
Sally had 124 marbles and her
friend gave her 87 more. Top Tip: + 8 7
Write the
How many did she have answers like this 2 1 1
altogether? 1 1

How far will she have moved altogether?

1

87cm
8 7
Super Sam the snail moved 87 cm this morning. + 6 4
She wants to move another 64 cm this afternoon.
1 5 1 cm Answer:
1 151 cm

2 Sally has saved up £214 and her sister has saved up £112.

How much more than her sister has Sally saved? How much do the girls have in total?

2 1 4 2 1 4
− 1 1 2 + 1 1 2
1 0 2 3 2 6
Answer: Answer:
£ 102 £ 326

How much taller than the small tree is the big tree?
3
5 1
6 4
− 3 8
2 6
big tree small tree Answer:
64 metres high 38 metres high
26 

How many did he give away?

4 For a challenge try this:
1 17 1
Are you 2 8 3
Zac has 283 stamps. serious? − 1 9 4
He gave some away and now
he has 194.
8 9 Answer:
89

I can solve problems using addition and subtraction. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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G Word questions

1 Joe thought of a number and added 6. His answer was 32.

3 2 − 6 = 2 6
What number did he think of? 26

3 1
2 Zoe received forty-four pounds at Christmas. 4 4
She spent £13 on films and £12 on books. − 2 5
How much did she have left? £ 19
1 9

3 There are 7 instructors and four teams of 8 children 4 x 8 = 3 2

in a swimming club.

How many people are there altogether? 39 3 2 + 7 = 3 9

7 2 3
4 Can you use a written method to complete this addition? + 1 4 8
Seven hundred and twenty three plus 8 7 1
one hundred and forty-eight. 871 1

5 If sixty-three plus sixty-three is one hundred and twenty-six,

explain how you would work out the answer to sixty-three plus
sixty-eight and give the answer.

Siy-t  5 e n iy-, o 

r  126 + 5 = 131
Answer:
131
4 1
1 5 5
6 Charlie scored 155 on his turn in a game of darts. − 3 6
This was thirty-six more than his sister scored.
1 1 9
How many did she score? 119 OK!

I can answer word questions about addition and subtraction. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 Multiplication and Division

A Multiplying by 3, 4 and 8 Don’t forget that 8 x 6 is the same as 6 x 8

You can multiply in any order 2 x 3 = 3 x 2

1 Give yourself a quick test.

a) 3 x 3 = 9 b) 4 x 4 = 16 c) 3 x 8 = 24
d) 6 x 3 = 18 e) 4 x 6 = 24 f) 8 x 8 = 64
g) 3 x 9 = 27 h) 8 x 4 = 32 i) 9 x 8 = 72
j) 12 x 3 = 36 k) 11 x 4 = 44 l) 8 x 12 = 96

2 Circle the numbers that are multiples of 3.

6 8 11 15 17 21 26 33

3 Circle the numbers that can be divided by 8.

17 24 30 42 48 58 64

4 Now try these:

a) 3 x 6 = 18 b) 3 x 60 = 180 c) 3 x 600 = 1800

d) 4 x 4 = 16 e) 4 x 40 = 160 f) 4 x 400 = 1600
g) 8 x 3 = 24 h) 8 x 30 = 240 i) 8 x 300 = 2400

5 Are you ready for a challenge?

Tricky!
a) 8x5x3= 120 b) 3x8x2= 48
c) 8 x 50 x 2 = 800 d) 4 x 30 x 3 = 360

I can multiply by 3, 4 and 8. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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B Dividing by 3, 4 and 8
If 3 x 8 = 24 then 24 ÷ 8 = 3 and 24 ÷ 3 = 8

1 Here are some questions to get you started:

a) 12 ÷ 3 = 4 b) 27 ÷ 3 = 9 c) 33 ÷ 3 = 11
d) 20 ÷ 4 = 5 e) 32 ÷ 4 = 8 f) 48 ÷ 4 = 12
g) 40 ÷ 8 = 5 h) 64 ÷ 8 = 8 i) 72 ÷ 8 = 9

2 Complete these calculations:

a) 28 ÷ 4 =7 b) 32 ÷ 4 =8

c) 36 ÷ 3 = 12 d) 32 ÷ 8 =4

3 Now try these:

a) 30 ÷ 3 = 10 b) 300 ÷ 3 = 100
c) 24 ÷ 4 = 6 d) 240 ÷ 4 = 60
e) 24 ÷ 8 = 3 f) 240 ÷ 8 = 30

Bring
it on!
4 Challenge time!

a) 480 ÷ 8 = 60 b) 480 ÷ 4 = 120 c) 480 ÷ 6 = 80

d) 640 ÷ 8 = 80 e) 640 ÷ 80 = 8 f) 640 ÷ 32 = 20

I can divide by 3, 4 and 8. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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C Solving problems using the 3, 4 and 8 times tables

Three little pigs each built three little houses.

How many houses did they build? Answer: 3 x 3 = 9

1 A shepherd has 48 sheep. He wants to put the same number in each of his 4 fields.
How many sheep should he put in each field?

12

2 Spiders have 8 legs, so how many legs would 3 spiders have in total?

24

3 There are 7 days in a week, so how many days are there in 8 weeks?

56

4 A dog has 6 spots on each leg and ten on the remainder of its body.
How many spots does the dog have?

34

5 Jake has these cards:

3 4 6 7 8
Help!

What is the largest multiple of 8 he can make by putting two cards side by side?

64

I can solve problems using the 3, 4 and 8 times tables. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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D Multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers

Remember: 2 x 36 is the same as 36 x 2 Also: 2 x 36 = 2 x 30 + 2 x 6

x 2 3 6
Grid Method Short
30 60 (2 x 30) Multiplication x 2
For calculating
2 x 36 6 12 (2 x 6) 71 2
72 (60 + 12)

1 Fill in the missing numbers.

a) 24 x 3 = 3 x 24
b) 66 x 5 = 5 x 66

2 Fill in the missing numbers below.

a) 3 x 26 = 3 x 20 + 3 x6 = 60 + 18 = 78
b) 13 x 8 = 10 x 8 + 3 x8 = 80 + 24 = 104
c) 24 x 4 = 20 x4 + 4x4 = 80 + 16 = 96

3 Use the grid method or short multiplication to answer these questions. Tricky!

3 x 41 8 x 22 4 x 53

x 3 2 2 5 3
4 0 1 2 0 x 8 x 4
1 3 1 71 6 2 11 2
1 2 3

I can multiply 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 E Dividing by 1-digit numbers

Expanded 2 7 2 7
Method Short
3 8 1 3 8 21
For calculating Division
– 6 0 (3 x 20)
81 ÷ 3
2 1
– 2 1 (3 x 7) Answer: 81 ÷ 3 = 27

1 Try these calculations using short division:

64 ÷ 4 85 ÷ 5 112 ÷ 8 123 ÷ 3

1 6 1 7 1 4 4 1
2 3 3
4 6 4 5 8 5 8 1 1 2 3 1 2 3

2 Why not try some harder ones using the expanded method?

78 ÷ 3 656 ÷ 8 411 ÷ 3

2 6 8 2 1 3 7
3 7 8 8 6 5 6 3 4 1 1
− 6 0 − 6 4 0 − 3 0 0
1 8 1 6 1 1 1
− 1 8 − 1 6 − 9 0
0 0 2 1
− 2 1

Let’s go! 0

I can divide by 1-digit numbers. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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F Solving problems using multiplication and division

If three people shared 17 biscuits Answer: 3 x 5 = 15

how many would be left over?
They get 5 each with 2 left over.

1 Four pigs each ate 12 potatoes.

How many potatoes did they eat altogether? 48

2 A banana weighs 96 g.
1 6
6 9 36
It is chopped into 6 equal pieces.

How much does each piece weigh?

Answer: 16 g

3 There are three football teams each with 11 players. Each player has 8 fingers and 2 thumbs.

How many thumbs do they have altogether?

3 x 11 x 2 = 66

4 Zane ate 2 chocolate bars every day for 3 days.

Each one cost 64 p. 6 4 He  6 
How much did he spend altogether? x 6
384 p
3 82 4

5 Think of a number between 5 and 9. Fun

time! 6 + 1 5 = 2 1
add 15 to it
then
multiply by 4
4 x 2 1 = 8 4
8 4 ÷ 2 = 4 2
then
divide it by 2

My number: 6 The answer: 42

I can solve problems using multiplication and division. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 G Word questions

1 If there are four Christmas cards in a pack and you buy six packs,
how many cards would you have? 4 x 6 = 2 4
24

2 If each car can carry four passengers, how many cars would
you need to take twenty-eight passengers to the airport? 2 8 ÷ 4 = 7
7

3 Charlie wanted to share forty-eight chocolate buttons equally 4 8 ÷ 4 = 1 2

between himself and three friends.

How many buttons would each person have? 12

4 A class of children was split into three teams of eight.

3 x 8 = 2 4
How many children were in the class? 24

5 Spiders have eight legs. If a group of spiders has

seventy-two legs, how many spiders are in the group? 9 7 2 ÷ 8 = 9

2 7
6 Jake walks twenty-seven kilometres a week. x 9
How far does he walk in nine weeks? 243 kilometres 2 46 3

7 What is three hundred and twenty-five

divided by five? Let’s do 6 5
this!
5 3 22 5
65

I can answer word questions about multiplication and division. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 Fractions

A Tenths 1
We write tenths after
One tenth ( ) of a
10
the decimal point like this:
bar of chocolate. 1
100 10 1 . 10

2 3 1 . 4

2 hundreds 3 tens 1 unit 4 tenths

1 Can you count in tenths? Fill in the gaps.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

2 A cake was cut into tenths at a party.

How many pieces were there altogether? 10

1
How many pieces were in 2
the cake? 5

4 9 7
Shade in 10
Shade in 10
Shade in 10

4 Fill in the boxes below.

c) 1 ÷ 10 =
1
a) 100 ÷ 10 = 10 b) 10 ÷ 10 = 1 10
d) 200 ÷ 10 = 20 e) 20 ÷ 10 = 2 f) 2 ÷ 10 =
2
10

1
5 Let’s write tenths as decimals! Remember 10
= 0.1 I can
do it!
Can you write these fractions as decimals?
2 4 6
10
= 0.. 2 10
= 0.. 4 10
= 0.. 6

I understand what ‘tenths’ are. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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B Recognising fractions
1
Imran is using a quarter ( 4 ) of the crayons.

Altogether there are 12 crayons,

so Imran is using 3 of them.

What fraction of these fish are red? Answer

1
1
8

Answer
1 Answer
2
10 9

2 Look at this number line.

What fraction is the

7
arrow pointing to?
5 10
0 10 1

3 Shade in the circles to show the fractions below. Don’t leave any gaps between the bits you shade.

3 6
8 16

What can you say about these two fractions?

Ty e  

1
4 How many would 4
of 36 beads be? 9 beads

How many would

1
3
of 36 beads be? 12 beads Brain
strain!
How many would
1
8
of 64 beads be? 8 beads

I understand what fractions are. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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C Using fractions
1
What is 4
of 20?

To find out, we need to split 20 into 4 equal groups. This is the same as 20 ÷ 4 = 5

1 A quarter of all the people in a room have blue eyes. There are 28 people in the room.
How many have blue eyes?

28 ÷ 4 = 7

2 Can you write down the answers to these questions?

1 1 1
a) 2
of 30 15 b) 3
of 12 4 c) 8
of 24 3
1 1 1
d) 2
of 42 21 e) 3
of 39 13 f) 8
of 88 11

3 Can you calculate 1 1

3 of 123 4 of 340
the answers to these?

4 1 8 5
3 1 2 3 4 3 4 20

Answer: 41 Answer: 85

4 Now try writing down the answers to these:

1 2 1 3
3 of 18 6 3 of 18 12 4 of 24 6 4 of 24 18

5 What is
3
of 104?
1 3
8

1
8 1 0 24
Hint: Find 8 first.

Are you
ready for
1 3 x 3 = 3 9
this?
Answer: 39

I can use fractions in calculations. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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D Putting fractions in order of size
1 1 1
Would you rather have 3
of the cake or 5
? Answer: I would prefer 3
!

1 Can you label these fractions?

1 1 1 1 1
2 3 4 5 6

2 Can you put these fractions in order of size? Start with the smallest.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 2 3 5 5 4 3 2
smallest largest
What about these?
2 4 1 5 1 2 4 5
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
smallest largest

Which of these fractions is less than a quarter?

1 or
1 Answer:
1
3
3 5 5
Which of these fractions is more than a third?
1 or
1 Answer:
1
4 2 2

4 Look at these number cards.

1
1 4 6 2 Answer:
6
1
Can you use 2 cards to make a fraction that is smaller than 4
?

5 This picture shows 1

: Complete this:
1
=
3 Brain
3 3 9 teaser

Now can you put these fractions 4 1 2 2 1 4

in order of size (smallest first)? 9 3 9 9 3 9
smallest largest

I can put fractions in order of size. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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E Equivalent fractions

2 1 We say they are

is the same as
4 2 ‘equivalent’ fractions.

x3
If you multiply the top and bottom of a fraction by the
E.g. 2 6
same number you get an equivalent fraction.
=
3 9
x3

What did you notice?

1 This shape is divided This shape is divided
into quarters ( 14 ) into eighths ( 18 ) 1
4    n
2
 8

1 2
Shade in 4
Shade in 8

2 Complete the following:

a)
2
=
1 b)
4
=
2 =
1
4 2 8 4 2

c)
2
=
1 d)
3
=
1
6 3 6 2

e)
3
=
1 f)
2
=
1
12 4 10 5

3 Try to fill in the blanks.

1
=
2
=
4 =
8
=
16
2 4 8 16 32

4 Can you find the ‘equivalent’ fractions? Let’s

go!
3
=
12 1
=
11 2
=
16
4 16 3 33 5 40

I can recognise and find equivalent fractions. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 F Adding and subtracting fractions

1 1
+ =
4 4
1 1
4 4
2 1
=
4 2

1 Look at the diagrams below and complete the calculations.

1
+
1
=
2 =
1
6 6 6 3
1 1
6 6

2
+
2
=
4 =
2
6 6 6 3
2 2
6 6

2 Now try these:

a) 1 +
1
=
2 b) 1 +
2
=
3
7 7 7 7 7 7

c) 1 +
2
=
3 d) 2 +
3
=
5
5 5 5 6 6 6

3 Then these!
2
–
1
=
1 5
–
2
=
3 =
1
7 7 7 6 6 6 2

4 Hint: Use what you know about equivalent fractions to turn all fractions to twelfths.

OK! 1
+
3
=
2 +
3
=
5 1
+
3
=
3 +
3 =
6 =
1
6 12 12 12 12 4 12 12 12 12 2

I can add and subtract fractions. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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G Solving problems with fractions
1
Lou’s dad’s car is 4
full of petrol. A full tank holds 60 litres.

How many litres of petrol does he have?

1
Answer: 4
of 60 = 60 ÷ 4 = 15 litres

1 Kate is reading a book with 80 pages. She has read

1
4
of the book. 8 0 ÷ 4
How many pages has she read? = 2 0
1
4 of 80 = 20

2 Abdul bought 36 cans of lemonade. He drank

3
of the cans.
3 6 ÷ 4 = 9
4
1
4 d  9 
How many did he drink? 27
How many are left? 9

3 If you had £20 and you spent

2
5
of it, how much £ 8 2 0 ÷ 5 = 4
would you have spent?

How much would you have left? £ 12 1

is £4
5

4 A pie is cut into 12 equal pieces. Jo had 4 pieces. Jude had 3 pieces.

Complete the following: Jo had

4 =
1 Jude had
3 =
1
12 3 12 4

1 1 7 Wow!
Can you use your answer to complete this? + =
4 3 12

I can solve problems with fractions. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 H Word questions

1 There are eighteen cows in a field. Seven are lying down.

What fraction of the cows are standing up?

11
18

2 What is a quarter of 80? 20

3 What is one sixth of forty-eight? 8 4 8 ÷ 6 = 8

4 If three friends each ate an eighth of

a cake how many eighths were left? 5 eighths

5 Can you write down two fractions 2 4

that are the same as a quarter?
8 16

4 8 ÷ 4 = 1 2
6 Joe bought three pairs of trainers. The trainers should
have been £48 per pair, but he got a quarter off the
price in a sale. 4 8 − 1 2
How much did each pair cost? £ 36 = 3 6
OK!
How much did he spend in total? £ 108
3 x 3 6
= 1 0 8

I can answer word questions about fractions. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 Measurement

A Lengths, masses and volumes We measure masses in grams (g)

or kilograms (kg).
We measure lengths in millimetres (mm)
1 kg = 1000 g
centimetres (cm) and metres (m).
1 cm = 10 mm We measure volumes in litres (l) or millilitres (ml).
1 m = 100 cm = 1000 mm 1 l = 1000 ml

1 100 0 10
50
90 g 20 0 cm 5 cm 10 cm
80 30 ml
70 40 10
60 50

The apple weighs The worm is The jug contains

50 g 7 cm long 20 ml of water

2 An apple weighs 50 g. How much would half the apple weigh? 25 g

3 50 A jug contains 50 ml of water.

How much would be left in the jug
ml
if 12 ml was poured out?
38 ml
10

4 Complete these:

3 cm = 30 mm 1l = 1000 ml 2 kg = 2000 g
1 1
2m = 200 cm 2 l= 500 ml 4 kg = 250 g

5
0 cm 5 cm 10 cm 15 cm How long is the pencil? 15 cm

How long would the pencil be in millimetres if it was twice as long? 300 mm

2 5 0
6 If 2 litres of water was poured equally into 8
glasses how much water would be in each glass? 250 ml 8 2 0 40 0
Go!
Give your answer in millilitres (ml).

I can measure and compare lengths, masses and volumes. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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B Perimeters 5 cm

The perimeter is the The perimeter of this rectangle is

4 cm

4 cm
distance around the 4 cm + 5 cm + 4 cm + 5 cm = 18 cm
outside edges of a shape.

5 cm

1 What is the perimeter of this rectangle?

15 cm
10 cm

10 cm

10 cm + 15 cm + 10 cm + 15 cm = 50 cm

15 cm

2 What is the perimeter of this triangle?

5c
m
3 cm

12 cm

4 cm

3 Find the perimeters of these shapes.

8 mm 3 cm

48 mm 24 cm
4 cm
16 mm

16 mm

6 cm

2 cm

3 cm
8 mm
6 cm

4 A square has a perimeter of 8 cm. Use a ruler to draw 2 m

the square at the right size.

Write the length on each side. 2 m 2 m

Bring
2 m it on!

Three squares, each with a perimeter of 8 cm, are put together like this to make
a rectangle.

What is the perimeter of the rectangle? 16 cm

I can measure the perimeter of a shape. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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C Money calculations
A concert ticket costs £8. How much would 6 tickets cost? Answer: 6 x £8 = £48

Here is Fred’s shopping receipt. How

1 bread 90 p much did he spend?
210
p
milk 70 p
Can you write your answer in £s?
biscuits 50 p
£ 2.. 10

2 Sadie spent £6.24 on magazines. She gave the shopkeeper

a £10 note.
Imagine you are the shopkeeper. How many of each coin
would you give Sadie for her change?

1 1 1 1 1 1
How much change did she get? £ 3.. 76

3 On a café menu the tea £1.20

drink prices are: 4 9 1
coffee £1.45 1 .2 0 5.0 0
hot chocolate £1.58
+ 1 .4 5 − 2.6 5
a) How much would it cost for 1 tea and 1 coffee? £ 2.. 65 2.6 5 2.3 5
How much change would you get from a £5 note? £ 2.. 35
1 .2 0
b) How many teas could you buy with £10? 8 x 8
How much change would you get? 40 p 9.6 0

4 Mr and Mrs Happy spent £72 per month on petrol.

7 2
No
way! x 8
How much would they spend in 8 months? £ 576
5 71 6

I can do calculations with amounts of money. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 D Telling the time 12-hour clock 24-hour clock
8.30 am is 08:30
1.00 pm is 13:00
4.00 pm is 16:00

1 What time is it? Write the answers in numbers.

11 12 1 11 12 1 XI XII I 11 12 1
10 2 10 2 X II 10 2
9 3 9 3 IX III 9 3
8 4 8 4 VIII IV 8 4
7 5 7 5 VII V 7 5
6 6 VI 6

8.. 30 am 9 o’clock 9.. 10 pm 9.. 45 pm

2 Can you write these times using the 12-hour clock?

15:10 14:38 15:47 18:05 20:16

3 . 1 0 pm 2.. 38 m 3.. 47 m 6.. 05 m 8.. 16 m

3 How many seconds are there in 1 minute? 60 seconds

How many seconds are there in 3 minutes? 180 seconds

4 How many days are there in each month?

February March May July September November

29 31 31 31 30 30
in a leap year

5 Can you calculate the number

of seconds in 15 minutes? 6 0 x 1 0 = 6 0 0
900 seconds 6 0 x 5 = 3 0 0
How many seconds are there I’m
in 1 hour? ready! 6 0 x 6 0 = 3 6 0 0
3600 seconds

I can use the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock. I know that time
I’m confident I’m nearly there
is measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years.

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E Problem solving start finish
If a film lasts for 2 hours
15 minutes and starts at 6 pm,
at what time does it finish?
6.15 6.30 6.45 7.15 7.30 7.45 8.15 8.30 8.45
6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm
Answer: 8:15 pm

1 Milly starts school at 9.00 am. She leaves at 4.00 pm.

7 
How long is Milly at school?

7 hours 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4

2 Tom arrived at the bus stop at 3.10 pm. The next bus was
due at twenty to four. How long did he have to wait?
BUS
3 . 1 0 m o
STOP
30 mins
3 . 4 0 m

3 It takes 30 minutes to cook a meal, 40 minutes to eat it

and 15 minutes to clear up. How long is this altogether? 8 5 
Write your answer in hours and minutes.
1 r 2 5 
1 r 25 

4 A café is open from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm

9 
seven days a week.

For how many hours is it open in one week? 8 m 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 m

63 hours
9 x 7 = 6 3

5 A plane left the UK at 2.00 pm. It landed in America 8 hours later.

1 0 m UK 
The time in America was 5 hours behind the time in the UK.

At what time did the plane land in American time?

5 m n Aa
Tricky!
5 pm

I can use what I know about time to solve problems. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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F Word questions

1 A bottle had 350 millilitres of water in it. 3 5 0 − 2 0 0

If 200 ml was poured into a cup, how much
water was left in the bottle? 150 l = 1 5 0

2 How many millilitres are there in two litres? 2000 l

3 What is 100 g less than half a kilogram? 400 g 5 0 0 − 1 0 0

= 4 0 0

4 What is 300 millimetres in centimetres? 30 m

5 If the length of a square’s sides is 8 cm,

what is the perimeter of a square? 32 m

6 A driveway is three metres wide and 8 + 8 + 3 + 3

eight metres long. What is the
perimeter of the driveway? 22 m = 2 2

7 How much would it cost to buy eight bags of 8 x 5 0

crisps if each bag costs 50p? £4.. 00 = 4 0 0

1 0 0 0 ÷ 2 0
8 Susie took a £10 note to the bank and asked
Wow! = 5 0
for it to be changed into 20p coins.
How many 20p coins did she get? 50

I can answer word questions about measurement. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 Geometry

A perpendicular lines

parallel lines

right angle (a quarter turn)

1 Can you name these shapes?

irregular irregular
n n n n n

2 Try drawing these:

a square a rectangle a parallelogram a rhombus

What time will it be when the long hand has moved

3
10
11 12 1
2
through a right angle clockwise? (a quarter turn) 9.. 15 m
9 3
8 4
7 5 How many right angles will the long hand have turned through
6
by half past 9? 2
How many right angles will it have turned through by 10 o’clock? (a full turn) 4

4 Look at these shapes. Mark any pairs of parallel lines on the diagrams. The first is done for you.

5 A rectangle has 4 sides. Opposite sides are the same length and parallel to each other.
All the angles inside are right angles. Now, try to describe a parallelogram. Phew!

O  e   h d l o h r. T 
t e  o h r e   ize.

I can describe some 2D shapes. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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B 3D shapes
What is this called? Answer: a cone

1 Can you complete the table below?

A C
F

H
D

E
Shape Edges Faces Vertices
A cube 12 6 8
B r m 9 5 6
C d 12 6 8
G D square based pyramid 8 5 5
E triangular based pyramid 6 4 4
B
F  Don’t worry about
G r edges, faces and vertices
for these three shapes!
H sphere

2 Sarah glued a square-based pyramid on to a cube like this.

How many faces did her new 3D shape have? 9

How many vertices? 9
Can you think of a name for her strange shape? Try making up a name.

 
Ouch!

I can recognise 3D shapes and describe them. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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C Word questions

1 Zac drew a hexagon, a pentagon and a rectangle. He counted the sides on all three shapes and said
there were 17. Can you explain why this is wrong?

A n  6 , a n  5  d a   4 .
T  15  r.

2 Sally said she could put four equilateral triangles together to make one parallelogram. Can you?

3 If you draw a triangle and one of the angles is a right angle, what type of triangle would it be?

a t-d 

4 Starting at 3.30 pm, the minute hand of a clock turned through 5 right angles.
What time was it then?

4 . 45 m

Wow!
5 Explain in your own words how you would know if two lines were parallel.

Pl  e     t . Ty r t r
r r r t .

I can answer word questions about geometry. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 Statistics

A Bar charts and tables A bar chart to show how many

shapes there are in a box.

6
5
4
3
2
1
triangle square circle

1 Mo counted all the fruit in a fruit bowl. Can you complete this bar chart
He made this table. to show how much fruit there is?

Fruit How many 10

How many
apples 6
plums 4
pears 2
oranges 8
0
apples plums pears oranges

How many pieces of fruit were there in the bowl? 20

How many more oranges than plums were there? 4

2 Look at this bar chart of Class 1’s favourite vegetables. Can you complete the table?

Favourite
Vegetable Tally No. of pupils
Number of pupils

10
carrots IIII IIII II 12

5
 IIII II 7
 I 1
0  IIII 5
carrots peas sprouts cabbage

How many people were in the class? 25

Which vegetable was the pupils’ favourite?  Phew!

How many pupils chose cabbage? 5

How many fewer than this chose sprouts? 4

I can draw bar charts and tables and get information from them. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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B Pictograms

1 On a visit to a farm, Sarah kept a tally of all the animals she saw.
Wow!

Animal Tally
pig IIII IIII IIII
cow IIII IIII II
sheep IIII II
goat III

Her teacher asked her to make a pictogram to show this information. She started to design this key.
Can you finish it and complete the pictogram?

Key Pictogram
Animal Number of each animal
= 5 animals
pig
= 4 animals

w
= 3 animals

sheep
= 2 animals

= 1 animal t

Which animal did Sarah see the most of? g

How many of these did she see? 15
How many more cows than sheep did she see? 5
How many fewer goats than pigs did she see? 12

I can make pictograms. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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C Word questions

1 A sports team wanted to pick a new team colour for their kit. Eight of them wanted blue, six wanted
red and 4 wanted yellow.

Can you draw a bar chart to show this information? Give it a title and some labels.

Title: A r t o w   r a w m r
Nr of 

8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

 d w

Cr

2 Look at this picture.

Can you count the number of each creature in the picture and produce a tally chart?

Creature Tally Number

g IIII II 7
y IIII 4 OK!

l IIII I 6
 IIII 5

I can answer word questions about statistics. I’m confident I’m nearly there

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 Appendix -
Information for Parents

By the end of Year 3, children are expected to know the facts in this section. Parents can help by regularly
asking questions to test their children’s ability to recall these facts.

A little and often is the best approach and it is an activity that can always be done on journeys or during any
spare five minutes.

A Number bonds to 20

Children need to know all the pairs of numbers that add up to each number from 1 to 20.
For example, the number bonds to 13 are:

1 + 12 = 13 5 + 8 = 13
2 + 11 = 13 6 + 7 = 13
3 + 10 = 13
4 + 9 = 13

They also need to know the related subtraction facts.

13 – 1 = 12
13 – 12 = 1
13 – 2 = 11
13 – 11 = 2 etc.

It is OK to choose “number bonds to 12” and then get your child to answer 5 when you say 7.

However, questions can be asked in other ways. It is important to use a range of vocabulary.

E.g. What do you need to add to 5 to get 13?

What is 13 take away 2?
What is 7 less than 13?
How many more than 4 is 13?
What is the difference between 13 and 9?

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B The 3, 4 and 8 times tables

0 x 3 = 0 0 x 4 = 0 0 x 8 = 0
1 x 3 = 3 1 x 4 = 4 1 x 8 = 8
2 x 3 = 6 2 x 4 = 8 2 x 8 = 16
3 x 3 = 9 3 x 4 = 12 3 x 8 = 24
4 x 3 = 12 4 x 4 = 16 4 x 8 = 32
5 x 3 = 15 5 x 4 = 20 5 x 8 = 40
6 x 3 = 18 6 x 4 = 24 6 x 8 = 48
7 x 3 = 21 7 x 4 = 28 7 x 8 = 56
8 x 3 = 24 8 x 4 = 32 8 x 8 = 64
9 x 3 = 27 9 x 4 = 36 9 x 8 = 72
10 x 3 = 30 10 x 4 = 40 10 x 8 = 80
11 x 3 = 33 11 x 4 = 44 11 x 8 = 88
12 x 3 = 36 12 x 4 = 48 12 x 8 = 96

3 x 0 = 0 4 x 0 = 0 8 x 0 = 0
3 x 1 = 3 4 x 1 = 4 8 x 1 = 8
3 x 2 = 6 4 x 2 = 8 8 x 2 = 16
3 x 3 = 9 4 x 3 = 12 8 x 3 = 24
3 x 4 = 12 4 x 4 = 16 8 x 4 = 32
3 x 5 = 15 4 x 5 = 20 8 x 5 = 40
3 x 6 = 18 4 x 6 = 24 8 x 6 = 48
3 x 7 = 21 4 x 7 = 28 8 x 7 = 56
3 x 8 = 24 4 x 8 = 32 8 x 8 = 64
3 x 9 = 27 4 x 9 = 36 8 x 9 = 72
3 x 10 = 30 4 x 10 = 40 8 x 10 = 80
3 x 11 = 33 4 x 11 = 44 8 x 11 = 88
3 x 12 = 36 4 x 12 = 48 8 x 12 = 96

Children should already know the 2, 5 and 10 times tables reasonably well but, if not, start with these
before progressing to the 3, 4 and then 8 times tables.

Division facts related to times tables

Children also need to know the division facts for each times table
(shown for 3 times table only).

Again, try to use a range of

3 ÷ 3 = 1 3 ÷ 1 = 3 vocabulary when asking questions.
6 ÷ 3 = 2 6 ÷ 2 = 3
9 ÷ 3 = 3 9 ÷ 3 = 3 E.g. What is 3 multiplied by 8?
12 ÷ 3 = 4 12 ÷ 4 = 3
15 ÷ 3 = 5 15 ÷ 5 = 3 What is 8 times 3?
18 ÷ 3 = 6 18 ÷ 6 = 3
21 ÷ 3 = 7 21 ÷ 7 = 3 What is 24 divided by 3?
24 ÷ 3 = 8 24 ÷ 8 = 3
27 ÷ 3 = 9 27 ÷ 9 = 3 1
What is of 33?
30 ÷ 3 = 10 30 ÷ 10 = 3 3
33 ÷ 3 = 11 33 ÷ 11 = 3
36 ÷ 3 = 12 36 ÷ 12 = 3

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C Facts about time

There are:
60 seconds in a minute
60 minutes in an hour
24 hours in a day
7 days in a week
365 days in a year
366 days in a leap year

Number of days in each month

January 31 July 31
February 28 (29 in a leap year) August 31
March 31 September 30
April 30 October 31
May 31 November 30
June 30 December 31

Telling the time

Children should be able to use all the following vocabulary when telling the time:
Twelve o’clock Quarter past four Quarter to six
Half past two Ten to six Five past nine

They should then go on to tell the times to the nearest minute and understand the significance
of am and pm.

E.g. 8.04 am 5.15 pm

Finally they should know how times are measured using the 24-hour clock.

E.g. 8.04 am = 08:04

6.15 pm = 18:15

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Notes

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