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"3rd Grade Skills are essential to your childs succes with math.

This is not because of the math they will learn, but because this is the first year your child is exposed to standardized testing in elementary school. For us here in Washington State, it's the WASAL.

"Use this list of Specific Skills
to navigate the maze of printables your child needs for third grade math.
"

2nd Grade Skills


The pressure is laid on some kids this year. Do not let them develop math anxiety. The best way to avoid or eliminate math anxiety, is to help your child feel comfortable with their abilities to do the math!
Use this page to access all the printable math worksheets you need to help keep your child on task and interested in their math.
This list of skills is based on the 3rd grade level expectatoins from Washington State OSPI.



Numbers & Operations
  • Compare, order and represent numbers to 10,000 using numbers and symbols
Write numbers in words; Order numbers; greatest & least; greater than/less than; compare numbers with addition and subtraction; place value names; value digits; Identify digits with particular place value; write in expanded form.
  • Rounding whole numbers
Rounding numbers; rounding money amounts; rounding brain teasers.
  • Accurately add and subtract whole numbers using standard algorithms.
Add two three digit numbers; three digit input/output tables with three digit numbers; completing addition sentences; add three or more numbers; add two numbers with four or more digits; Input/output tables with four or more digits; complet the subtraction sentences;
  • Solve multi-step word problems
Word problems - two numbers up to three digits; three or more numbers up to three digits; two numbers with four or more digits; Mixed operations.
  • Represent, compare and order, and identify equivalent fractions with denominators 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12.
Represent fractions; fraction word problems, compare fractions, order fractions, equivalent fractions, reducing fractions to their simplest form.
  • Show Multiplication to be repeated addition, skip numbers, jumps on the number line and connect to a multiplication equation.
Write the multiplication sentence, relate repeated addition to multiplication equation;
  • Show division to be repeated subtraction, skip numbers backwards, equal jumps on the number line and connect to a division equation.
Division facts to 5;
  • Multiplication facts to 12
Multiplication facts worksheets
  • Prducts, quotients and factors
Missing factors - to 12; missing factors, word problems; Relate multiplication and division.

Geometry Lines, line segments, rays; Parallel, perpendicular or intersecting?; Greater than, less than or equal to Right angle; Acute, right and obtuse triangles. Identify planar and solid shapes; Perimeter. Area & perimeter word problems.

Data Analysis
  • Construction and analysis of pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs, frequency tables.
Bar Graphs, line graphs, line plots, pictographs, venn diagrams,


When your child has mastered their 3rd Grade Skills, it's time to move on and up to Fourth grade skills! And don't forget to head over to our home page! Here you will find great resources to help you tutor your child, such as manipulatives, board games, math puzzles and activities!



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