Year 3 maths and English
Children in Year 3 are aged 7 to 8. Here is what they are taught in maths and English this year, the checks Prism offers for it, and free practice to try now.
Year 3 maths
The main areas taught this year:
- Place value to 1000
- Addition and subtraction
- Multiplication and division
- Fractions
- Length, perimeter and money
- Time and shape
- Statistics, mass and capacity
Free practice questions with answers (written for upper KS2, so a younger child may find some of them hard: that is fine):
Place value & roundingFour operationsFractionsTime, measures & speedShape, area & anglesStatistics & data
Year 3 English
The main areas taught this year:
- Prefixes, suffixes and paragraphs
- Fronted adverbials
- Speech punctuation
- Retrieval and inference
- Writing a narrative
Free practice questions with answers:
Checks for Year 3 on Prism
- In-school checks for Year 3 in maths and English, pitched at the national curriculum for the year, with a result of working towards, expected or greater depth (Prism’s own estimate).
- A read-aloud spelling test on the Year 3 and 4 word list.
- Times tables practice and games, ready for the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check.
Other years
Practise at Year 3, with every answer explained
Practise straight away at your child’s school year in maths and English, with verbal and non-verbal reasoning for the 11 Plus, and every answer explained. A free check, whenever you like, shows what to practise next and builds a weekly plan, for their year or for your target schools. Parents follow progress free.
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