P3 maths topics
The 13 topics in P3 maths, one for each learning unit in the Education Bureau’s Primary Mathematics Curriculum (2017), in a suggested order. Your school may teach them in a slightly different order.
- 3N1 5-digit numbersThe ten thousands place, reading, writing and comparing numbers to 99 999
- 3N2 Multiplication (I)2-digit and 3-digit numbers times a 1-digit number, carrying, three numbers and estimation
- 3M1 Length and distance (IV)Kilometres and millimetres, and choosing the right unit
- 3N3 Division (I)2-digit and 3-digit numbers divided by a 1-digit number, remainders, three numbers and estimation
- 3S1 Quadrilaterals (II)Parallel lines, parallelograms and trapeziums
- 3M2 Time (III)Seconds, stopwatches, and starting time, finishing time and time taken
- 3M3 CapacityComparing containers, improvised units, litres and millilitres, measuring cups
- 3N4 Four arithmetic operations (I)Brackets, mixed addition and subtraction, and multiplication before addition and subtraction
- 3S2 TrianglesRight-angled, isosceles, equilateral, isosceles right-angled and scalene triangles
- 3M4 Time (IV)The 24-hour clock and changing between 12-hour and 24-hour time
- 3M5 WeightHeavy and light, beam balances, improvised units, grams and kilograms, scales
- 3N5 Fractions (I)Parts of a whole and of a set, equivalent fractions, comparing, adding and subtracting
- 3D1 Bar charts (I)Reading and making bar charts, frequency tables, one square for 1, 2 or 5