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Grade 3: Standards

Other Florida Mathematics (B.E.S.T.) sets

Number Sense and Operations

  • 1

    Understand the place value of four-digit numbers.

    1. 1

      Read and write numbers from 0 to 10,000 using standard form, expanded form and word form.MA.3.NSO.1.1

    2. 2

      Compose and decompose four-digit numbers in multiple ways using thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. Demonstrate each composition or decomposition using objects, drawings and expressions or equations.MA.3.NSO.1.2

    3. 3

      Plot, order and compare whole numbers up to 10,000.MA.3.NSO.1.3

    4. 4

      Round whole numbers from 0 to 1,000 to the nearest 10 or 100.MA.3.NSO.1.4

  • 2

    Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers. Build an understanding of multiplication and division operations.

    1. 1

      Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers including using a standard algorithm with procedural fluency.MA.3.NSO.2.1

    2. 2

      Explore multiplication of two whole numbers with products from 0 to 144, and related division facts.MA.3.NSO.2.2

    3. 3

      Multiply a one-digit whole number by a multiple of 10, up to 90, or a multiple of 100, up to 900, with procedural reliability.MA.3.NSO.2.3

    4. 4

      Multiply two whole numbers from 0 to 12 and divide using related facts with procedural reliability.MA.3.NSO.2.4

Algebraic Reasoning

  • 1

    Solve multiplication and division problems.

    1. 1

      Apply the distributive property to multiply a one-digit number and two-digit number. Apply properties of multiplication to find a product of one-digit whole numbers.MA.3.AR.1.1

    2. 2

      Solve one- and two-step real-world problems involving any of four operations with whole numbers.MA.3.AR.1.2

  • 2

    Develop an understanding of equality and multiplication and division.

    1. 1

      Restate a division problem as a missing factor problem using the relationship between multiplication and division.MA.3.AR.2.1

    2. 2

      Determine and explain whether an equation involving multiplication or division is true or false.MA.3.AR.2.2

    3. 3

      Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation, relating three whole numbers, with the unknown in any position.MA.3.AR.2.3

  • 3

    Identify numerical patterns, including multiplicative patterns.

    1. 1

      Determine and explain whether a whole number from 1 to 1,000 is even or odd.MA.3.AR.3.1

    2. 2

      Determine whether a whole number from 1 to 144 is a multiple of a given one-digit number.MA.3.AR.3.2

    3. 3

      Identify, create and extend numerical patterns.MA.3.AR.3.3

Measurement

  • 1

    Measure attributes of objects and solve problems involving measurement.

    1. 1

      Select and use appropriate tools to measure the length of an object, the volume of liquid within a beaker and temperature.MA.3.M.1.1

    2. 2

      Solve real-world problems involving any of the four operations with whole-number lengths, masses, weights, temperatures or liquid volumes.MA.3.M.1.2

  • 2

    Tell and write time and solve problems involving time.

    1. 1

      Using analog and digital clocks tell and write time to the nearest minute using a.m. and p.m. appropriately.MA.3.M.2.1

    2. 2

      Solve one- and two-step real-world problems involving elapsed time.MA.3.M.2.2

Fractions

  • 1

    Understand fractions as numbers and represent fractions.

    1. 1

      Represent and interpret unit fractions in the form 1/n as the quantity formed by one part when a whole is partitioned into n equal parts.MA.3.FR.1.1

    2. 2

      Represent and interpret fractions, including fractions greater than one, in the form of m n as the result of adding the unit fraction 1 n to itself m times.MA.3.FR.1.2

    3. 3

      Read and write fractions, including fractions greater than one, using standard form, numeral-word form and word form.MA.3.FR.1.3

  • 2

    Order and compare fractions and identify equivalent fractions.

    1. 1

      Plot, order and compare fractional numbers with the same numerator or the same denominator.MA.3.FR.2.1

    2. 2

      Identify equivalent fractions and explain why they are equivalent.MA.3.FR.2.2

Geometric Reasoning

  • 1

    Describe and identify relationships between lines and classify quadrilaterals.

    1. 1

      Describe and draw points, lines, line segments, rays, intersecting lines, perpendicular lines and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.MA.3.GR.1.1

    2. 2

      Identify and draw quadrilaterals based on their defining attributes. Quadrilaterals include parallelograms, rhombi, rectangles, squares and trapezoids.MA.3.GR.1.2

    3. 3

      Draw line(s) of symmetry in a two-dimensional figure and identify line-symmetric two-dimensional figures.MA.3.GR.1.3

  • 2

    Solve problems involving the perimeter and area of rectangles.

    1. 1

      Explore area as an attribute of a two-dimensional figure by covering the figure with unit squares without gaps or overlaps. Find areas of rectangles by counting unit squares.MA.3.GR.2.1

    2. 2

      Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths using a visual model and a multiplication formula.MA.3.GR.2.2

    3. 3

      Solve mathematical and real-world problems involving the perimeter and area of rectangles with whole-number side lengths using a visual model and a formula.MA.3.GR.2.3

    4. 4

      Solve mathematical and real-world problems involving the perimeter and area of composite figures composed of non-overlapping rectangles with whole-number side lengths.MA.3.GR.2.4

Data Analysis and Probability

  • 1

    Collect, represent and interpret numerical and categorical data.

    1. 1

      Collect and represent numerical and categorical data with whole-number values using tables, scaled pictographs, scaled bar graphs or line plots. Use appropriate titles, labels and units.MA.3.DP.1.1

    2. 2

      Interpret data with whole-number values represented with tables, scaled pictographs, circle graphs, scaled bar graphs or line plots by solving one- and two-step problems.MA.3.DP.1.2

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