Fluent In Five Arithmetic Pack | Weeks 31 to 36 | Year 3

Develop your pupils’ confidence with mental and written arithmetic strategies with these Fluent in Five daily arithmetic questions for weeks 31 to 36 of Year 3.

The questions are presented as an editable PowerPoint presentation and as worksheets to improve pupils speed and accuracy with arithmetic questions.

This daily practice resource is designed to enhance speed and accuracy in maths, offering a broad range of questions that align with the KS2 maths curriculum.

With over 150 questions spread across the 6 weeks, the resource incorporates a mix of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals. The questions progressively build in complexity, ensuring pupils grasp fundamental concepts before advancing.

Encourage pupils to choose whether to use a mental or written method when answering. Answers identify which would be the most efficient method for each question.

We recommend teachers integrate this resource into their daily maths lessons, or as a warm up in the afternoon. With 5 to 10 minutes a day you’ll then have a structured approach to arithmetic practice.

Teachers report faster and more accurate results on arithmetic tests as well as greater confidence and fluency.

Topic breakdown per week:

• Week 31: Focuses on addition and subtraction with 3-digit numbers, dividing 2-digit number by 1-digit numbers with and without remainders, finding non-unit fractions of amounts and adding fractions with the same denominator.

• Week 32: Continues to focus on adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers, dividing number with remainders and additionally focuses on multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers and finding a unit fraction of amounts.

• Week 33: Continues to recap previously covered topics and additionally focuses on the 8 times tables and subtracting fractions with the same denominators.

• Week 34: Focuses on the four operations, the 3, 4 and 8 times tables and finding non-unit fractions of amounts.

• Week 35: Recaps all previously covered content from Year 3.

• Week 36: Recaps all previously covered content from Year 3.