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Florida 3rd Grade Math B.E.S.T. Standards

All 34 Florida math standards for 3rd grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is one click away under each one.

34 standards

Number Sense and Operations

8 standards
Understand the place value of four-digit numbers.
MA.3.NSO.1.1
Read and write numbers up to 10,000 as digits, in expanded form and in words, like 7,032 = 7,000 + 30 + 2, seven thousand thirty-two.
Official wording
Read and write numbers from 0 to 10,000 using standard form, expanded form and word form.
MA.3.NSO.1.2
Build and break apart four-digit numbers by thousands, hundreds, tens and ones in different ways with objects, drawings and equations, like 2,365 as 23 hundreds and 65 ones.
Official wording
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.1.3
Place whole numbers up to 10,000 on a number line, order them, and compare them, like 4,098 is less than 4,980.
Official wording
Plot, order and compare whole numbers up to 10,000.
MA.3.NSO.1.4
Round whole numbers up to 1,000 to the closest ten or hundred, like 482 rounds to 480 or to 500.
Official wording
Round whole numbers from 0 to 1,000 to the nearest 10 or 100.
Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers. Build an understanding of multiplication and division operations.
MA.3.NSO.2.1
Find sums and differences of numbers with several digits quickly and accurately, including with the standard column method, like 2,345 + 1,678.
Official wording
Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers including using a standard algorithm with procedural fluency.
MA.3.NSO.2.2
Investigate multiplying two whole numbers with products up to 144 and the division facts that go with them, like 6 groups of 4 and 24 split into 6.
Official wording
Explore multiplication of two whole numbers with products from 0 to 144, and related division facts.
MA.3.NSO.2.3
Reliably find products of a single digit times tens from 10 to 90 or hundreds from 100 to 900, like 7 x 60 = 420 and 4 x 800 = 3,200.
Official wording
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.2.4
Reliably multiply any two numbers from 0 to 12 and use those facts to divide, like 8 x 7 = 56 so 56 ÷ 8 = 7.
Official wording
Multiply two whole numbers from 0 to 12 and divide using related facts with procedural reliability.

Fractions

5 standards
Understand fractions as numbers and represent fractions.
MA.3.FR.1.1
Show and explain that a unit fraction such as 1/6 is one of the equal parts a whole is split into, like one slice of a pie cut into 6.
Official wording
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.1.2
Show and explain any fraction, even one greater than one, as a count of unit fractions, like 5/3 is 1/3 added five times.
Official wording
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.1.3
Read and write fractions, even those greater than one, in three ways, as a number, a number with a word and all words, like 5/2, 5 halves and five-halves.
Official wording
Read and write fractions, including fractions greater than one, using standard form, numeral-word form and word form.
Order and compare fractions and identify equivalent fractions.
MA.3.FR.2.1
Place fractions with the same top number or same bottom number on a number line, order them and compare them, like 2/8 is less than 2/3.
Official wording
Plot, order and compare fractional numbers with the same numerator or the same denominator.
MA.3.FR.2.2
Find fractions that name the same amount and explain why they match, like 1/2 and 2/4 covering the same part of a strip.
Official wording
Identify equivalent fractions and explain why they are equivalent.

Algebraic Reasoning

8 standards
Solve multiplication and division problems.
MA.3.AR.1.1
Split a two-digit factor with the distributive property to multiply by a one-digit number, like 4 x 23 = 80 + 12, and use other properties on one-digit facts.
Official wording
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.1.2
Solve real-life problems of one or two steps using any mix of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing whole numbers, like sharing 48 cookies among 6 friends.
Official wording
Solve one- and two-step real-world problems involving any of four operations with whole numbers.
Develop an understanding of equality and multiplication and division.
MA.3.AR.2.1
Turn a division problem into a multiplication problem with a missing factor, like solving 42 ÷ 7 by asking 7 times what number makes 42.
Official wording
Restate a division problem as a missing factor problem using the relationship between multiplication and division.
MA.3.AR.2.2
Decide whether a multiplication or division equation is true or false and explain why, like 6 x 4 = 3 x 8 is true.
Official wording
Determine and explain whether an equation involving multiplication or division is true or false.
MA.3.AR.2.3
Find the missing number in a multiplication or division equation with three numbers, wherever the unknown sits, like 9 times what number equals 54.
Official wording
Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation, relating three whole numbers, with the unknown in any position.
Identify numerical patterns, including multiplicative patterns.
MA.3.AR.3.1
Tell if any number from 1 to 1,000 is odd or even and give the reason, like 738 is even because its ones digit is 8.
Official wording
Determine and explain whether a whole number from 1 to 1,000 is even or odd.
MA.3.AR.3.2
Decide if a one-digit number goes evenly into a number from 1 to 144, like 56 is a multiple of 7 but 50 is not.
Official wording
Determine whether a whole number from 1 to 144 is a multiple of a given one-digit number.
MA.3.AR.3.3
Find, make and continue number patterns, like spotting that 3, 7, 11, 15 adds 4 each time and naming the next terms.
Official wording
Identify, create and extend numerical patterns.

Measurement

4 standards
Measure attributes of objects and solve problems involving measurement.
MA.3.M.1.1
Pick and use the right tool to measure an object's length, the amount of liquid in a beaker, and temperature, like a ruler or a thermometer.
Official wording
Select and use appropriate tools to measure the length of an object, the volume of liquid within a beaker and temperature.
MA.3.M.1.2
Add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve everyday problems about length, mass, weight, temperature or liquid amounts in whole units, like 3 jugs of 4 liters each.
Official wording
Solve real-world problems involving any of the four operations with whole-number lengths, masses, weights, temperatures or liquid volumes.
Tell and write time and solve problems involving time.
MA.3.M.2.1
Read analog and digital clocks to the exact minute and write the time with a.m. or p.m., like 7:43 p.m. for a time in the evening.
Official wording
Using analog and digital clocks tell and write time to the nearest minute using a.m. and p.m. appropriately.
MA.3.M.2.2
Solve one- and two-step real-life problems about how much time passes, like a movie from 2:15 to 3:50 lasting 1 hour 35 minutes.
Official wording
Solve one- and two-step real-world problems involving elapsed time.

Geometric Reasoning

7 standards
Describe and identify relationships between lines and classify quadrilaterals.
MA.3.GR.1.1
Draw and describe points, lines, segments, rays, and intersecting, perpendicular and parallel lines, and find them in flat shapes, like the parallel sides of a rectangle.
Official wording
Describe and draw points, lines, line segments, rays, intersecting lines, perpendicular lines and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.
MA.3.GR.1.2
Recognize and draw squares, rectangles, rhombi, parallelograms and trapezoids from the features that define them, like a rhombus with four equal sides.
Official wording
Identify and draw quadrilaterals based on their defining attributes. Quadrilaterals include parallelograms, rhombi, rectangles, squares and trapezoids.
MA.3.GR.1.3
Draw lines of symmetry in flat shapes and pick out shapes that fold onto themselves, like a square with four fold lines.
Official wording
Draw line(s) of symmetry in a two-dimensional figure and identify line-symmetric two-dimensional figures.
Solve problems involving the perimeter and area of rectangles.
MA.3.GR.2.1
Explore area by covering a flat shape with unit squares that leave no gaps or overlaps, then count the squares to find a rectangle's area.
Official wording
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.2.2
Find a rectangle's area with whole-number sides using a picture model and multiplying length by width, like 4 x 6 = 24 square units.
Official wording
Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths using a visual model and a multiplication formula.
MA.3.GR.2.3
Solve math and everyday problems by finding the perimeter or area of a rectangle with whole-number sides, using a drawing and a formula, like fencing a garden.
Official wording
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.2.4
Solve math and real-life problems about the perimeter and area of shapes built from rectangles that do not overlap, like an L-shaped room with whole-number sides.
Official wording
Solve mathematical and real-world problems involving the perimeter and area of composite figures composed of non-overlapping rectangles with whole-number side lengths.

Data Analysis and Probability

2 standards
Collect, represent and interpret numerical and categorical data.
MA.3.DP.1.1
Gather number and category data and display it in tables, scaled picture graphs, scaled bar graphs or line plots with clear titles, labels and units.
Official wording
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.1.2
Read tables, scaled picture and bar graphs, circle graphs and line plots of whole-number data to solve one- and two-step questions, like how many more votes pizza got.
Official wording
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.

The official Florida documents

Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, Florida Department of Education.

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