Students model, represent, and interpret number relationships to create and solve problems involving addition and subtraction. Students identify and describe the attributes of common figures in the plane and of common objects in space. Students collect numerical data and record, organize, display, and interpret the data on bar graphs and other representations. Students demonstrate an understanding of patterns and how patterns grow and describe them in general ways. Students make decisions about how to set up a problem.
Students solve problems and justify their reasoning.
Students note connections between one problem and another. Return to Mathematics Table of Contents Third Grade Students understand the place value of whole numbers to 10,000. Students calculate and solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students understand the relationship between whole numbers, simple fractions, and decimals. Students select appropriate symbols, operations, and properties to represent, describe, simplify, and solve simple number relationships.