Virginia 3rd Grade Math Standards

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NS Number and Number Sense

• NS.3.1 The student will
  • NS.3.1.a read, write, and identify the place and value of each digit in a six-digit whole number, with and without models;
  • NS.3.1.b round whole numbers, 9,999 or less, to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand; and
  • NS.3.1.c compare and order whole numbers, each 9,999 or less.
• NS.3.2 The student will
  • NS.3.2.a name and write fractions and mixed numbers represented by a model;
  • NS.3.2.b represent fractions and mixed numbers with models and symbols; and
  • NS.3.2.c compare fractions having like and unlike denominators, using words and symbols (>, <, =, or ≠), with models.

CE Computation and Estimation

• CE.3.3 The student will
  • CE.3.3.a estimate and determine the sum or difference of two whole numbers; and
  • CE.3.3.b create and solve single-step and multistep practical problems involving sums or differences of two whole numbers, each 9,999 or less.
• CE.3.4 The student will
  • CE.3.4.a represent multiplication and division through 10 × 10, using a variety of approaches and models;
  • CE.3.4.b create and solve single-step practical problems that involve multiplication and division through 10 x 10; and
  • CE.3.4.c demonstrate fluency with multiplication facts of 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10; and
  • CE.3.4.d solve single-step practical problems involving multiplication of whole numbers, where one factor is 99 or less and the second factor is 5 or less.
• CE.3.5 The student will solve practical problems that involve addition and subtraction with proper fractions having like denominators of 12 or less.

MG Measurement and Geometry

• MG.3.6 The student will
  • MG.3.6.a determine the value of a collection of bills and coins whose total value is $5.00 or less;
  • MG.3.6.b compare the value of two sets of coins or two sets of coins and bills; and
  • MG.3.6.c make change from $5.00 or less.
• MG.3.7 The student will estimate and use U.S. Customary and metric units to measure
  • MG.3.7.a length to the nearest ½ inch, inch, foot, yard, centimeter, and meter; and
  • MG.3.7.b liquid volume in cups, pints, quarts, gallons, and liters.
• MG.3.8 The student will estimate and
  • MG.3.8.a measure the distance around a polygon in order to determine its perimeter using U.S. Customary and metric units; and
  • MG.3.8.b count the number of square units needed to cover a given surface in order to determine its area.
• MG.3.9 The student will
  • MG.3.9.a tell time to the nearest minute, using analog and digital clocks;
  • MG.3.9.b solve practical problems related to elapsed time in one-hour increments within a 12- hour period; and
  • MG.3.9.c identify equivalent periods of time and solve practical problems related to equivalent periods of time.
• MG.3.10 The student will read temperature to the nearest degree.
• MG.3.11 The student will identify and draw representations of points, lines, line segments, rays, and angles.
• MG.3.12 The student will
  • MG.3.12.a define polygon;
  • MG.3.12.b identify and name polygons with 10 or fewer sides; and
  • MG.3.12.c combine and subdivide polygons with three or four sides and name the resulting polygon(s).
• MG.3.13 The student will identify and describe congruent and noncongruent figures.

PS Probability and Statistics

• PS.3.14 The student will investigate and describe the concept of probability as a measurement of chance and list possible outcomes for a single event
• PS.3.15 The student will
  • PS.3.15.a collect, organize, and represent data in pictographs or bar graphs; and
  • PS.3.15.b read and interpret data represented in pictographs and bar graphs.

PFA Patterns, Functions, and Algebra

• PFA.3.16 The student will identify, describe, create, and extend patterns found in objects, pictures, numbers and tables.
• PFA.3.17 The student will create equations to represent equivalent mathematical relationships.