Estimate Answers Year 3 Addition and Subtraction Resource Pack

Subtract 3-digits from 3-digits 2 Year 3 Resources

Step 17: Estimate Answers Year 3 Resources

Estimate Answers Year 3 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving resources for Autumn Block 2.

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Estimate Answers Year 3 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • Estimate Answers Year 3 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • Estimate Answers Year 3 Reasoning and Problem Solving with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

Mathematics Year 3: (3C3) Estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers

Differentiation for Year 3 Estimate Answers:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support finding near numbers and estimating answers​ (using numbers under 100). Number line with start, end and middle markers given for each question.​
Expected Questions to support finding near numbers and estimating answers​ (using numbers under 1,000). Some number lines used with start and end markers.​
Greater Depth Questions to support finding near numbers and estimating answers (using numbers under 1,000).​

Reasoning and Problem Solving
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Problem Solving)
Developing Using given clues, estimate the 2-digit number that meets the criteria. Number line with start, end and middle markers given.
Expected Using given clues, estimate the 3-digit number that meets the criteria. Number line with start and end markers given.
Greater Depth Using given clues, estimate the 3-digit number that meets the criteria. No number line given.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Problem Solving)
Developing Create a 2-digit addition or subtraction that produces a given estimated answer using six digit cards. Number line with start, end and middle markers given.
Expected Create a 3-digit addition or subtraction that produces a given estimated answer using six digit cards.
Greater Depth Create a 3-digit addition or subtraction that produces a given estimated answer using six digit cards, where two are blank.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Using estimation, explain which statement is correct. Number line given with start, middle and end markers.
Expected Using estimation, explain which statement is correct. Number line given with start and end markers.
Greater Depth Using estimation, explain which statement is correct. No number line given.

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