Year 3 maths

England · ages 7–8

The 3, 4 and 8 times tables, and formal written methods beginning.

What is expected

  • Recall and use the 3, 4 and 8 times tables
  • Add and subtract three-digit numbers using written methods
  • Multiply two-digit by one-digit numbers
  • Understand the link between multiplication and division facts

A summary of typical expectations, not an official curriculum document. Your child’s school is the authority on what they are covering.

Practise it

Number facts are the part that has to be automatic — everything else in the year is slower and harder without them.

Year 3 maths — what they should know, and free practice · Mathy Kids