Year 3 Block B – Securing number facts, understanding shape

Vocabulary

This page contains a list of key vocabulary that children should be using when they are learning the mathematics in this block.

problem, solution, calculate, calculation, operation, inverse, answer, method, explain, reasoning, pattern, predict, estimate, approximate

add, subtract, multiply, divide, group, sum, total, difference, plus, minus, double, halve, multiple, product

pound (£), penny/pence (p), note, coin, units of measurement and their abbreviations

triangle, square, rectangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, circle, semicircle, cube, cuboid, pyramid, cone, cylinder, prism, sphere, hemisphere, face, edge, vertex/vertices, surface, solid, side, straight, curved, diagram, right–angled

line of symmetry, mirror line, reflection, symmetrical, reflective symmetry