What Grade 3 coversMultiplication, division, and the first real look at fractions.
What they learnGrade 3
Year three is the year arithmetic turns into reasoning. Multiplication and division arrive together as two sides of the same idea, and a fraction stops being a piece of a picture and becomes a number in its own right.
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The nine units of the year, in the order they are usually taught.
- Building a strong foundation
- Exploring multiplication
- Relating multiplication to division
- Place value, addition and subtraction to 10,000
- Two-step problems and telling time
- Fractions as numbers
- Length, perimeter and area
- Two-dimensional shapes
- Putting it together on one project
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The accelerated route, which reaches into next year for most of the year.
- Place value, addition and subtraction to 10,000 — reaches into Grade 4
- Exploring multiplication
- Relating multiplication to division — reaches into Grade 4
- Length, perimeter and area — reaches into Grade 4
- Two-step problems — reaches into Grade 4
- Fractions as numbers — reaches into Grade 4
- Measurement and time — reaches into Grade 4
- Two-dimensional shapes — reaches into Grade 4
- Putting it together on one project
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