Grade 3 Maths (imo): Fractions

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Some Basic Terms and Rules of Fractions

  • The numbers in a fraction are called the numerator, on the top, and the denominator, on the bottom. numerator/denominator
  • Proper fractions have a numerator smaller than the denominator.
    Examples include 1/23/4 and 7/8.
  • Improper fractions have a numerator larger than the denominator.
    Examples include 5/43/2 and 101/7.

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Comparing Fractions

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Grade 3 Maths (IMO) : Number sense

Place value and Face value

Face value of a digit  is the digit itself whereas Place value can be termed as the location of the digit in the numeral.

The value of a place in the place value chart is 10 times the value of the place just to its right.

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Grade 3 Maths (IMO) : Multiplication Strategies

Multiplication Strategies

A quick look at the grade 2 lesson on introduction to multiplication

Taming the tables – Tips to introduce multiplication

While multiplying always remember :

An even number  x an even number = an even number

An odd number x an even number = an even number

An odd number x an odd number = an odd number

Distributive property of multiplication

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Grade 3 Maths (IMO) : Addition strategies

Listing down some methods to simplyfy addition.

  • Doubles (such as 6 + 6)
  • Near doubles: Try adding a double and the remainder. Solve 7 + 6,  (6 + 6+ 1) or (7 + 7 – 1).
  • Making a ten or a multiple of 10: To add 7 + 6, I can take 3 from the 6 and put it with the 7 to make 10 and 3. This holds good even with multiples of 10 like 20, 30 40, etc
  • 1 more, 1 less: Show problems such as: 8 + 1, 51 + 1, and 6 – 1, 22-1
  • Place value Decomposition: 35 + 22 can be decomposed into tens and ones 30+20 added to 5+2. Or 35 – 22 can be decomposed to 30-20 plus 5-2.

Pictorial representation of the strategies above :

 

 

Grade 3 Maths : Geometrical shapes

Geometrical shapes

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