Year 3 Reasoning Test Practice 3

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 3 Reasoning Test Practice 3 activity checks pupils’ understanding of counting in tenths, numbers up to 1000, problems involving money, shape and perimeter, and adding fractions. After answering the question, pupils may need to select an appropriate explanation for their answer.

Pupils will find the missing number in a fractions sequence, identify 100 more or less than a number, add and subtract money in a context, measure the perimeter of 2D shapes and complete an addition calculation using fractions.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Number – number and place value
(3N2b) Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number

Number – Fractions
(3F1a) Count up and down in tenths; recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10
(3F4) Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole [for example, 5/7 + 1/7 = 6/7 ]

Measurement
(3M7) Measure the perimeter of simple 2-D shapes
(3M9a) Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts