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Primary school maths.Confidence starts here.

A patient, visual approach to maths from Year 1 to Year 6. Choose a year level to explore lessons, worked examples and printable practice.

Years 1–6 · Australian Curriculum

01 / YOUR YEAR LEVEL

Start where you are.

02 / EXPLORE THE TOPICS

Year 3 starts here.

Build understanding with pictures, worked examples and printable practice.

49 lessons available

49 subtopics

Whole numbers and estimation

4 subtopics

1.1Numbers beyond 10,000 1.2Place value beyond 10,000 1.3Ordering whole numbers 1.4Estimating quantities and answers

Addition and subtraction

5 subtopics

2.1Mental strategies 2.2Two-/three-digit calculations 2.3Regrouping in calculations 2.4Inverse operations 2.5Finding missing calculation values

Multiplication and division

4 subtopics

3.1Tables 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 3.2Division facts from multiplication 3.3Arrays for multiplication and division 3.4One-/two-digit problems

Fractions

4 subtopics

4.1Unit fractions 4.2Halves/thirds/quarters/fifths/tenths 4.3Multiples of unit fractions 4.4Completing a whole

Patterns and number rules

4 subtopics

5.1Number sequences 5.2Step-by-step rules 5.3Decisions in number rules 5.4Explaining resulting patterns

Money and problem solving

5 subtopics

6.1Dollars and cents 6.2Equivalent amounts 6.3Modelling purchases 6.4Needs and wants 6.5Class enterprise and others' wellbeing

Metric measurement

3 subtopics

7.1Length/mass/capacity units 7.2Estimating measurements 7.3Reading labelled measuring instruments

Time

3 subtopics

8.1Analogue/digital clocks to the minute 8.2Seconds/minutes/hours/days 8.3Finding time durations

Shapes and angles

4 subtopics

9.1Solid-object features 9.2Comparing/classifying objects 9.3Turns and angles 9.4Smaller/larger than a right angle

Maps and plans

4 subtopics

10.1Bird's-eye representations 10.2Landmarks on maps 10.3Relative position 10.4Making simple plans

Statistics

5 subtopics

11.1Categorical/count data 11.2Recording collected data 11.3Displaying collected data 11.4Comparing data displays 11.5Guided question-to-conclusion investigation

Probability

4 subtopics

12.1Possible outcomes 12.2Likely/unlikely/certain/impossible 12.3Repeated experiments 12.4Why chance results vary

Schools may teach these topics in a different order.

Official curriculum outline

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