Here are some examples of practical problems, which children should be able to solve by the end of year 3: Daily practice. After spending time explicitly explaining how to work through a word problem – use the word problems from these worksheets as daily problem-solving practice.

We hope that this collection of word problems for Year 3 becomes a useful resource in your Year 3 maths classroom. For more Year 3 maths resources, take a look at our library of Year 3 maths worksheets. Estimate the quantity of objects in collections and make estimates when solving problems to determine the reasonableness of calculations (AC9M3N05).

Just in case you'd like to up the difficulty slightly, these Differentiated Addition and Subtraction Word Problems are intended for children in Years 5-6. The questions included in this KS2 Maths Money Problems Task are perfect for consolidating children’s basic maths skills, as well as showing them how to use maths in real-life scenarios.

To calculate how pies the 28 apples will make, we can either use or draw 28 counters and put them into groups of 4. We can see that 28 counters will make 7 groups of 4. This handy worksheet includes a range of addition and subtraction word problems for year 3 pupils. These are perfect for developing children's fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills.

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Like all Twinkl resources, this one's designed to support teaching to the Australian Curriculum. Specifically, it's intended to cover the following content descriptors:

These worksheets are best attempted after a student has studied the underlying skill; for example, our 'addition in columns" word problem worksheets should not be attempted until students are comfortable with addition in columns. Working on word problems is an essential part of the maths national curriculum as it helps children to apply their mathematical knowledge and work with the vocabulary rather than only with numbers. In the earlier years of primary school, KS1 pupils will be given items to help them with counting and visualising maths word problems. And when math problems contain words, this can also help children relate numbers with everyday life. A perfect resource that shows this is our Mental Maths Adding Worksheets. It is ideal for helping your Year 3 students practise using their multiplication and division skills. Pupils will love these division questionsas they can apply their knowledge to solve some interesting word problems. A great way to build confidence and see how maths can be applied outside the classroom.

Word problems require pupils to figure out the correct sums need to complete the problem and adds another stage to the process of solving them. Why not split your class into different groups and encourage them to solve the maths problems together? Perfect for not just getting some maths practice in but also helping improve their soft skills. Word problems are an important part of Maths for all primary school children. After all, they help children get to grips with the subject vocabulary, put mathematical problems in context, and require a more complete understanding of the concepts involved.

These challenge cards can also make a great homework taskor a fun home learning activity. Topics Covered in these Maths Word Problems for Year 3 Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems Fractions and decimals You can also set these short division questions as a homework task. Great for giving children a bit more time to think and practise solving these problems.

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Subtraction. There are 120 pens in the cupboard. 85 are given out to the pupils in the classroom. How many are left in the cupboard? The aim of these challenge cards is to make learning practical and fun. That's why our team of fantastic teachers included a range of maths word problems for year 3 children when creating this resource. The chosen topics are all related to the year 3 maths national curriculum. That's because we know how important it's for children to meet the curriculum aims at the end of the year. Division. There are seventeen boys and fourteen girls in a class. The children sit at tables of 4. How many tables are needed? This set of problem-solving questions has been designed to support teachers when teaching students about problem-solving in mathematics. It provides students with the opportunity to work through 20 maths word problems, identifying the important information and how they can work it out using a variety of methods.