Maths help for parents of children aged 5 to 11
Free Y3 maths worksheet: Revise counting back in tens
Two straightforward free maths worksheets on counting back in tens from any 2-digit number. By now children should be confident with this, realising that the units digit does not change. If they are finding this difficult a 0-100 number square could be very useful.
Free Y3 maths worksheet: Revise counting back in tens (pg 1)
Free Y3 maths worksheet: Revise counting back in tens (pg 2)
Free Y3 maths worksheets: Counting in tens
In year 3 the work on counting in tens will continue, but will become much harder as children are expected to be able to count in tens crossing the hundreds boundary. (This means, for example counting on in tens from 80: 90, 100 110 etc and then from 87: 97, 107, 117 etc.)
A good understanding of place value is needed as children can become muddled when crossing this hundreds boundary.
Free Y3 maths worksheets: Measuring in kilometres
The first of these worksheets looks at metres and kilometres. Children will need to know that there are 1 000 metres in a kilometre.
Once this is known then the number of metres and half a kilometre and quarter of a kilometre can be worked out.
Half a km = 500m
Quarter of a km = 250m.
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Free Y3 maths worksheets: Know by heart addition facts to 20
Here are a couple of free Y3 maths worksheets to challenge children’s knowledge of addition up to 20. I suggest that you take just one set of 10 questions at a time and that a stop watch or clock is used to time how long it takes to answer the questions.
How long should they take? Well, if a child knows their number bonds, not very long at all – certainly less than a minute. Any longer, even if the answers are correct, they are probably counting on rather than knowing. Similar pages are easily created if more practice is needed.
Use these pages to try and show improvement over time, as they become more confident and more knowledgeable.
Free Y3 maths worksheets: Know by heart addition facts to 20 (pg 1)
Free Y3 maths worksheets: Know by heart addition facts to 20 (pg 2)
Free Y3 maths worksheet: Making subtraction number sentences
These two worksheets continue the Using and Understanding strand with a look at making subtraction number stories. Encourage children to make realistic sentences using everyday situations. Using money and measurement are often the easiest ways to make up a number story. Also encourage them to make different types of stories rather than repeating the same one with different numbers. They may need a little prompting to think of situations: tickets, change from shopping, time spent on an activity are just three ideas.
Free Y3 maths worksheets:Properties of 3-D shapes
By Year 3 (7/8 years old) children are expected to know the names of, and recognise, some quite tricky 3-D shapes. These include prisms, cuboids, cylinders and pyramids. As well as this the term prism can be used for a variety of shapes, including triangular prism, hexagonal prism and octagonal prism. These terms are not really used in everyday life and many adults would not know what the terms mean. If children are to become familiar with them they will need a lot of practice naming the shapes and recognising their properties.
It is a good idea to try and collect examples of these shapes from shopping and packaging, even if it does mean buying a rather expensive bar of chocolate!
Free Y3 maths worksheets: Two numbers to make a total
Similar to the year 2 worksheets but with harder numbers. Children are asked to supply two whole numbers to make the answer total. Some children will have little experiences of this type of question, but will soon catch on to what is needed. Again, some will start with ‘safe’ answers such as 79 + 1 = 80, but should soon gain the confidence to show how good their addition skills are.
Each question asks for two solutions. Some children will repeat their answer by swapping the two numbers eg 30 + 40 = 70 and 40 = 30 = 70. Don’t make this an issue as it shows a very important concept has been understood: that addition can be done in any order.
Free Y3 maths worksheets: Harder doubles.
These two worksheets look at doubling larger numbers, including those in the teens. It is well worthwhile asking children how they have worked these out in their heads, making use of the knowledge they have. For example doubling 17 can be worked out in several ways:
double 10 and double 7 and add
double 7 and double 10 and add
double 20 and take 6 away
double 15 and add 4.
Children will develop different methods but they do need to be shown that there is more than one way to reach the answer. The ultimate aim is to find a variety of efficient quick methods for calculating.
One more maths worksheet with sets of objects to help with counting larger numbers. It is always a good idea to ask for an estimate of the whole amount before starting. Young children only have a limited concept of larger numbers – it can be 1, 2, 3, 4, lots! Grouping into fives or tens helps – but only when children have learned to count up in fives or tens. I would still recommend plenty of practical practice – eg putting a pack of cards into piles of 5 or ten.
The second page is a set of number lines to complete, filling in the spaces. Some of these are tricky because they cross the hundreds boundary eg counting on 6 from 97. Make sure your child is confident with counting below 100 before attempting this. Of course it is relatively easy for you to create a number line to put numbers on and to practice counting up and down, and don’t forget snakes and ladders and other dice games which involve counting.
It is always a good idea to listen carefully to your children when they count up to 100 and beyond. Often they will miss whole sets of tens out to begin with. Remember those games of chase you used to play when you had to count to 100 first – now you know why some of your friends managed it so quickly!!
maths worksheets sorting data
A couple of data handling worksheets. The first re-inforces the year 2 work on sorting numbers. The second uses a Venn diagram to sort shapes. This is the simplest kind of Venn diagram where squares are sorted as a special set of shapes. Give your children plenty of practice at sorting into different sets, using a variety of criteria, including shape, colour, size etc. Also get them to discuss the best way to show their results. Further examples of this will come later, including more on Venn diagrams and tallying.