Bingo!
Objective: To learn the 3x, 4x and 8x tables.
One person has the 3x table and the other has the 4x table. Write six
numbers in that table on your piece of paper, e.g.
9
15
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30
21
3
36
Roll one or two dice and add the numbers, e.g. get 3 and 4, add
these to make 7.
Multiply that number by 3 or 4 [that is by your table number, e.g.
7x3 or 7x4].
If the number is on your paper, cross it out.
The first to cross out all six of their numbers wins.
Now try again but this time use the 8x table.
Remember if you want to make it easier or harder you can chose
different times tables!
Secret mathematician
Objective: To add and subtract numbers mentally, including adding either
1s, 10s or 100s to a 3-digit number.
Have fun with Maths at home!
An ideas booklet to help support your child
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Year 3 – booklet 3 (of 3)
Ask your child to say a 3 digit number e.g. 432.
Secretly do something to it [e.g. add 30]. Say the number e.g. 462
The child then says another number to you, e.g. 591
Do the same to that number and say the answer e.g. 651 (this is
trickier as we have crossed through a hundreds boundary!)
The child has to guess what you are doing to the number each
time!
Then they can have a turn at secretly adding or subtracting
something to each number that you say to them.
During the years of lower Key Stage 2 (Year 3 and Year 4),
the focus of mathematics is on the mastery of the four
operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
so that children can carry out calculations mentally, and
using written methods. In Year 3, your child is likely to be
introduced to the standard written column methods of
addition and subtraction.
Main Number objectives – Year 3
By the end of Year 3, most children should be able to…
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Count in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100.
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Recognise the place value of digits in three-digit
numbers (using 100, 10s and 1s).
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Read and write numbers up to 1,000 using numerals
and words.
Compare and order numbers up to 1,000.
Add and subtract numbers mentally, including adding
either 1s, 10s or 100s to a 3-digit number.
Use the written column method for addition and
subtraction for up to three digits.
Estimate the answers to calculations, and use
inverse calculations to check the answers.
Learn the 3x, 4x and 8x tables and the related
division facts, for example knowing that 56 ÷ 8 = 7.
Begin to solve multiplication and division problems
with two-digit numbers.
Understand and use tenths, including counting in
tenths.
Recognise and show equivalent fractions with small
denominators.
Add and subtract simple fractions worth less than
one, for example 5/7 + 1/7 = 6/7.
Put a sequence of simple fractions into size order.
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Order, Order!
Objective: To compare and order numbers up to 1,000.
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Each of you should draw six circles in a row.
Take turns.
Roll a die 3 times to make a three-digit number (so if you
roll a 2, 6 and 1 you could make, 261, 162 etc.)
Write the number in one of your circles. Once the number
is written in a circle you cannot change or move it!
The first to get all six of their circle numbers in order wins.
Lego Fractions
Objective: To add and subtract simple fractions worth less than one, for
example 1/4 + 2/4 = 3/4.
Try using lego as a fun way of talking to your child about fractions