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Year 3 + -

These are components of addition and subtraction that are taught in Year 3. Below you will find resources that you may find useful in supporting your child. 

 

Addition and subtraction:

  • add and subtract numbers mentally, including:
  • a three-digit number and ones
  • a three-digit number and tens
  • a three-digit number and hundreds
  • add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction
  • estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers
  • solve problems, including missing number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction.
 
 
The following videos show the paper methods (found in the abstract column on the calculation policy) taught in Year 3.
 
 
 
Adding using a blank numberline 
 
 
Adding by partitioning
 
 
Subtraction by partitioning