Standards for Mathematical Practice
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Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.MP.1
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Reason abstractly and quantitatively.MP.2
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Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.MP.3
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Model with mathematics.MP.4
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Use appropriate tools strategically.MP.5
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Attend to precision.MP.6
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Look for and make use of structure.MP.7
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Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.MP.8
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
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For products of whole numbers with two factors up to and including 10:<ul><li>Interpret the factors as representing the number of equal groups and the number of objects in each group.</li><li>Illustrate and explain strategies including arrays, repeated addition, decomposing a factor, and applying the commutative and associative properties.</li></ul>NC.3.OA.1
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For whole-number quotients of whole numbers with a one-digit divisor and a one-digit quotient:<ul><li>Interpret the divisor and quotient in a division equation as representing the number of equal groups and the number of objects in each group.</li><li>Illustrate and explain strategies including arrays, repeated addition or subtraction, and decomposing a factor.</li></ul>NC.3.OA.2
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Represent, interpret, and solve one-step problems involving multiplication and division.<ul><li>Solve multiplication word problems with factors up to and including 10. Represent the problem using arrays, pictures, and/or equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.</li><li>Solve division word problems with a divisor and quotient up to and including 10. Represent the problem using arrays, pictures, repeated subtraction and/or equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.</li></ul>NC.3.OA.3
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Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison. Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparisons using models and equations with a symbol for the unknown number. Distinguish multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.NC.4.OA.1
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Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Solve an unknown-factor problem, by using division strategies and/or changing it to a multiplication problem.NC.3.OA.6
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Multiply and divide within 100.
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Demonstrate fluency with multiplication and division with factors, quotients and divisors up to and including 10.<ul><li>Know from memory all products with factors up to and including 10.</li><li>Illustrate and explain using the relationship between multiplication and division.</li><li>Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers.</li></ul>NC.3.OA.7
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Solve two-step problems.
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Solve two-step word problems using addition, subtraction, and multiplication, representing problems using equations with a symbol for the unknown number.NC.3.OA.8
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Explore patterns of numbers.
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Interpret patterns of multiplication on a hundreds board and/or multiplication table.NC.3.OA.9
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Number and Operations in Base Ten
Use place value to add and subtract.
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Add and subtract whole numbers up to and including 1,000.<ul><li>Use estimation strategies to assess reasonableness of answers.</li><li>Model and explain how the relationship between addition and subtraction can be applied to solve addition and subtraction problems.</li><li>Use expanded form to decompose numbers and then find sums and differences.</li></ul>NC.3.NBT.2
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Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit numbers.
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Use concrete and pictorial models, based on place value and the properties of operations, to find the product of a one-digit whole number by a multiple of 10 in the range 10–90.NC.3.NBT.3
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Measurement and Data
Represent and interpret data.
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Represent and interpret scaled picture and bar graphs:<ul><li>Collect data by asking a question that yields data in up to four categories.</li><li>Make a representation of data and interpret data in a frequency table, scaled picture graph, and/or scaled bar graph with axes provided.</li><li>Solve one and two-step "how many more" and "how many less" problems using information from these graphs.</li></ul>NC.3.MD.3
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Solve problems involving measurement.
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Tell and write time to the nearest minute. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals within the same hour.NC.3.MD.1
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Solve problems involving customary measurement.<ul><li>Estimate and measure lengths in customary units to the quarter-inch and half-inch, and feet and yards to the whole unit.</li><li>Estimate and measure capacity and weight in customary units to a whole number: cups, pints, quarts, gallons, ounces, and pounds.</li><li>Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving whole number measurements of length, weight, and capacity in the same customary units.</li></ul>NC.3.MD.2
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Understand the concept of area.
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Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling without gaps or overlaps and counting unit squares.NC.3.MD.5
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Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.<ul><li>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.</li><li>Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.</li><li>Use tiles and/or arrays to illustrate and explain that the area of a rectangle can be found by partitioning it into two smaller rectangles, and that the area of the large rectangle is the sum of the two smaller rectangles.</li></ul>NC.3.MD.7
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Understand the concept of perimeter.
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Solve problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, and finding an unknown side length.NC.3.MD.8
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Number and Operations – Fractions
Understand fractions as numbers.
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Interpret unit fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 as quantities formed when a whole is partitioned into equal parts;<ul><li>Explain that a unit fraction is one of those parts.</li><li>Represent and identify unit fractions using area and length models.</li></ul>NC.3.NF.1
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Interpret fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 using area and length models.<ul><li>Using an area model, explain that the numerator of a fraction represents the number of equal parts of the unit fraction.</li><li>Using a number line, explain that the numerator of a fraction represents the number of lengths of the unit fraction from 0.</li></ul>NC.3.NF.2
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Represent equivalent fractions with area and length models by:<ul><li>Composing and decomposing fractions into equivalent fractions using related fractions: halves, fourths and eighths; thirds and sixths.</li><li>Explaining that a fraction with the same numerator and denominator equals one whole.</li><li>Expressing whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers.</li></ul>NC.3.NF.3
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Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size, using area and length models, and using the >, <, and = symbols. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole with denominators: halves, fourths and eighths; thirds and sixths.NC.3.NF.4
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Geometry
Reason with shapes and their attributes.
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Reason with two-dimensional shapes and their attributes. • Investigate, describe, and reason about composing triangles and quadrilaterals and decomposing quadrilaterals. • Recognize and draw examples and non-examples of types of quadrilaterals including rhombuses, rectangles, squares, parallelograms, and trapezoids.NC.3.G.1
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Frequently asked questions
- What grade levels do these standards cover?
- Grade 3
- When were these standards adopted?
- 2018
- Where can I read the official document?
- North Carolina Standard Course of Study K-8 Mathematics
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