Place value - Number line to 100 - Starter

During a Year 3 mathematics lesson, students engage with a variety of activities to reinforce their understanding of place value and basic arithmetic operations. The lesson starts with a multiplication warm-up where students calculate the product of 10 and 11. This is followed by a 'Fluent in Four' revision section, which includes a series of quick-fire questions designed to test their fluency in basic maths skills. One of the questions prompts students to find the sum of four groups of five and then add this to the product of two multiplied by three, challenging their ability to combine multiplication and addition.

The lesson continues with a comparative exercise where students use the correct symbols to compare mass, integrating their knowledge of greater than, less than, and equal to. They are also asked to identify the multiplication and division sentences represented by a given scenario or visual model. For example, they might be shown the number 943 and asked to break it down into its hundreds, tens, and ones components. In a practical application of division, students determine how many pouches Tia can fill with her 40 coins if she distributes 10 coins per pouch. This exercise not only tests their division skills but also reinforces the concept of equal groups and sharing. The lesson includes visual aids, such as part-whole models, to help students visualise the mathematical concepts they are learning.