Next Generation Learning Standards: Grade 3
Skills available for New York third-grade math standards
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3.OA
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
3.OA.1 Interpret products of whole numbers.
Equal groups
Arrays
Number lines
Relate addition and multiplication
3.OA.1 Interpret products of whole numbers.
Equal groups
Arrays
Number lines
Relate addition and multiplication
3.OA.2 Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers.
3.OA.2 Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers.
3.OA.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities.
Word problems
Variable equations
3.OA.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities.
Word problems
Variable equations
3.OA.4 Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers.
3.OA.4 Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers.
Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.
3.OA.5 Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide.
Properties of multiplication
Relationship between multiplication and division
3.OA.5 Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide.
Properties of multiplication
Relationship between multiplication and division
3.OA.6 Understand division as an unknown-factor problem.
3.OA.6 Understand division as an unknown-factor problem.
Multiply and divide within 100.
3.OA.7a Fluently solve single-digit multiplication and related divisions, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division or properties of operations.
Multiplication skill builders
Multiplication facts for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10
Multiplication facts for 6, 7, 8, and 9
Multiplication facts up to 10
Division skill builders
Division facts for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10
Division facts for 6, 7, 8, and 9
Division facts up to 10
Mixed operations
Properties of operations
3.OA.7a Fluently solve single-digit multiplication and related divisions, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division or properties of operations.
Multiplication skill builders
Multiplication facts for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10
Multiplication facts for 6, 7, 8, and 9
Multiplication facts up to 10
Division skill builders
Division facts for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10
Division facts for 6, 7, 8, and 9
Division facts up to 10
Mixed operations
Properties of operations
3.OA.7b Know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.
3.OA.7b Know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.
Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and extend patterns in arithmetic.
3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations.
3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations.
3.OA.8a: Represent these problems using equations or expressions with a letter standing for the unknown quantity.
One-step problems
Two-step word problems
Variable equations
3.OA.8a: Represent these problems using equations or expressions with a letter standing for the unknown quantity.
One-step problems
Two-step word problems
Variable equations
3.OA.8b: Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
Estimation
Two-step word problems
3.OA.8b: Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
Estimation
Two-step word problems
3.OA.9 Identify and extend arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table).
3.OA.9 Identify and extend arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table).
3.NBT
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
3.NBT.1 Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
3.NBT.1 Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
3.NBT.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1,000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Addition
Subtraction
Properties of operations
Relationship between addition and subtraction
3.NBT.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1,000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Addition
Subtraction
Properties of operations
Relationship between addition and subtraction
3.NBT.3 Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10–90 using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
3.NBT.3 Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10–90 using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
3.NBT.4a Understand that the digits of a four-digit number represent amounts of thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones.
Place value
Convert number forms
3.NBT.4a Understand that the digits of a four-digit number represent amounts of thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones.
Place value
Convert number forms
3.NBT.4b Read and write four-digit numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
Place value
Convert number forms
3.NBT.4b Read and write four-digit numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
Place value
Convert number forms
3.NF
Number and Operations—Fractions
Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.
3.NF.1 Understand a unit fraction, 1/b, is the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts. Understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
Understand fractions
Show fractions
Match fractions and models
Word problems
3.NF.1 Understand a unit fraction, 1/b, is the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts. Understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
Understand fractions
Show fractions
Match fractions and models
Word problems
3.NF.2 Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line.
3.NF.2 Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line.
3.NF.2a: Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part starting at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line.
3.NF.2a: Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part starting at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line.
3.NF.2b: Represent a fraction a/b on a number line by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line.
3.NF.2b: Represent a fraction a/b on a number line by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line.
3.NF.3 Explain equivalence of fractions and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
3.NF.3 Explain equivalence of fractions and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
3.NF.3a: Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.
3.NF.3a: Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.
3.NF.3b: Recognize and generate equivalent fractions. Explain why the fractions are equivalent.
Model equivalent fractions
Equivalent fractions
3.NF.3b: Recognize and generate equivalent fractions. Explain why the fractions are equivalent.
Model equivalent fractions
Equivalent fractions
3.NF.3c: Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers.
3.NF.3c: Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers.
3.NF.3d: Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons rely on the two fractions referring to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions.
Compare using area models
Compare using number lines
Compare fractions
3.NF.3d: Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons rely on the two fractions referring to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions.
Compare using area models
Compare using number lines
Compare fractions
3.MD
Measurement and Data
Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
3.MD.1 Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve one-step word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes.
Tell and write time
Time intervals
3.MD.1 Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve one-step word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes.
Tell and write time
Time intervals
3.MD.2a Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l).
3.MD.2a Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l).
3.MD.2b Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or liquid volumes that are given in the same units.
3.MD.2b Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or liquid volumes that are given in the same units.
Represent and interpret data.
3.MD.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step "how many more" and "how many less" problems using information presented in a scaled picture graph or a scaled bar graph.
Picture graphs
Bar graphs
3.MD.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step "how many more" and "how many less" problems using information presented in a scaled picture graph or a scaled bar graph.
Picture graphs
Bar graphs
3.MD.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units—whole numbers, halves, or quarters.
3.MD.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units—whole numbers, halves, or quarters.
Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.
3.MD.5 Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
3.MD.5 Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
3.MD.5a: Recognize a square with side length 1 unit, called "a unit square," is said to have "one square unit" of area, and can be used to measure area.
3.MD.5a: Recognize a square with side length 1 unit, called "a unit square," is said to have "one square unit" of area, and can be used to measure area.
3.MD.5b: Recognize a plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
3.MD.5b: Recognize a plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
3.MD.6 Measure areas by counting unit squares.
3.MD.6 Measure areas by counting unit squares.
3.MD.7 Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.
3.MD.7 Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.
3.MD.7a: Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.
3.MD.7a: Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.
3.MD.7b: Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.
3.MD.7b: Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.
3.MD.7c: Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side length a and side length b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.
3.MD.7c: Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side length a and side length b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.
3.MD.7d: Recognize area as additive. Find areas of figures composed of non-overlapping rectangles, and apply this technique to solve real world problems.
3.MD.7d: Recognize area as additive. Find areas of figures composed of non-overlapping rectangles, and apply this technique to solve real world problems.
Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.
3.MD.8a Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths or finding one unknown side length given the perimeter and other side lengths.
Find perimeter
Find an unknown side
Real-world problems
3.MD.8a Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths or finding one unknown side length given the perimeter and other side lengths.
Find perimeter
Find an unknown side
Real-world problems
3.MD.8b Identify rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
3.MD.8b Identify rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
3.G
Geometry
Reason with shapes and their attributes.
3.G.1 Recognize and classify polygons based on the number of sides and vertices (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons). Identify shapes that do not belong to one of the given subcategories.
Categories
Attributes
Draw examples
3.G.1 Recognize and classify polygons based on the number of sides and vertices (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons). Identify shapes that do not belong to one of the given subcategories.
Categories
Attributes
Draw examples
3.G.2 Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.
Show fractions
Identify fractions
3.G.2 Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.
Show fractions
Identify fractions