Year 3: Victorian Curriculum 2.0
Listed Mathematics content descriptions at Level 3, in the words of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), with the practice on this site that covers it. Checked against the source on 3 September 2026.
- 24content descriptions
- 145skills mapped
- 100%have practice
Coverage is the percentage of listed content descriptions with at least one linked practice skill; it does not measure how fully every part of an entry is practised. A skill can practise more than one content description, so some appear more than once below.
Number
VC2M3N01identify, explain and use the properties of odd and even numbers
VC2M3N02recognise, represent and order natural numbers using naming and writing conventions for numerals beyond 10 000
VC2M3N03recognise and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/10 and their multiples in different ways; combine fractions with the same denominator to complete the whole
- Understanding unit fractions
- Level 1: Understanding fractions
- Level 2: Understanding fractions
- Level 3: Understanding fractions
- Match fraction words
- Fractions on the number line
- Compare fractions with the same denominator
- Equivalent fractions
- Missing numerator in an equivalent fraction
- Fraction of a number
- Level 1: Word problems on fractions
- Level 2: Word problems on fractions
VC2M3N04add and subtract two- and three-digit numbers using place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to assist in calculations without a calculator
VC2M3N05multiply and divide one- and two-digit numbers, representing problems using number sentences, diagrams and arrays, and using a variety of calculation strategies
VC2M3N06estimate the quantity of objects in collections and make estimates when solving problems to determine the reasonableness of calculations
VC2M3N07recognise the relationships between dollars and cents and represent money values in different ways
VC2M3N08use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive and multiplicative situations, including financial contexts; formulate problems using number sentences and choose calculation strategies, using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation
- Word problems on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Number sentences from a word phrase
- Choose the correct number expression
- Judge if a number sentence is correct
- A Tale Of Two Numbers
- Two numbers walk into a classroom
- I spy with my little eye
- I spy with both my little eyes
- The baby invasion
- The Labubu invasion
How many numbers have a given digit
VC2M3N09follow and create algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions to investigate numbers; describe any emerging patterns
- Complete a number pattern
- Level 1: Understanding patterns
- Level 2: Understanding patterns
- Grid number patterns
- Skip counting
- Object patterns
- Level 1: Patterns of planar shapes
- Level 2: Patterns of planar shapes
- Multi-step problems - Follow multiple operations
- Multi-step problems - Apply operations backwords
- Number patterns
- Six-seveeeen
- Number-step maze (Bekomaze)
Algebra
VC2M3A01recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction as inverse operations, apply to partition numbers and find unknown values in number sentences
- Level 1: Find the missing digit in an addition and subtraction
- Level 2: Find the missing digit in an addition and subtraction
- Fill in the missing number in a number sentence
- Solve an equation written without algebraic variables
- Balancing an addition equation
- Level 1: Solving word problems involving an unknown
- Level 2: Solving word problems involving an unknown
- Level 3: Solving word problems involving an unknown
- Magic squares
- Magic triangles
VC2M3A02extend and apply knowledge of addition and subtraction facts to 20 to develop efficient mental strategies for computation with larger numbers without a calculator
VC2M3A03recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts for 3, 4, 5 and 10; extend and apply facts to develop the related division facts
Measurement
VC2M3M01identify which metric units are used to measure everyday items; use measurements of familiar items and known units to make estimates
VC2M3M02measure and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity, and instruments with labelled markings
VC2M3M03recognise and use the relationship between formal units of time, including days, hours, minutes and seconds, to estimate and compare the duration of events
VC2M3M04describe the relationship between the hours and minutes on analog and digital clocks, and read the time to the nearest minute
VC2M3M05identify angles as measures of turn and use right angles as a reference to compare angles in everyday situations
Space
VC2M3SP01make, compare and classify objects, identifying key features and explaining why these features make them suited to their uses
- Identify geometric shapes
- Count sides and vertices of geometric shapes
- Identify three dimensional shapes
- Count faces, edges and vertices of three-dimensional shapes
- Properties of three-dimensional shapes
- Nets of three-dimensional shapes
- Cross sections of three-dimensional shapes
- Level 1: Projections of three-dimensional shapes
- Level 2: Projections of three-dimensional shapes
- Level 1: Assemble 3D block structures
- Level 2: Assemble 3D block structures
- Level 1: Count cubes in a 3D stack
- Level 2: Count cubes in a 3D stack
- Level 3: Count cubes in a 3D stack
- Making rectangles and squares
- Identify shape patterns
- Lines of symmetry
VC2M3SP02interpret and create two-dimensional representations of familiar environments, locating key landmarks and objects relative to each other
- Location on a grid
- Level 1: Navigating a grid
- Level 2: Navigating a grid
- Level 3: Navigating a grid
- Level 1: Navigating a grid using compass directions
- Level 2: Navigating a grid using compass directions
- Level 3: Navigating a grid using compass directions
- Angles on a compass
- Transformations on a grid
- Reflection and rotation
- Scaling a figure on a grid
Statistics
VC2M3ST01acquire data for categorical and discrete numerical variables to address a question of interest or purpose by observing, collecting and accessing data sets; record the data using appropriate methods, including frequency tables and spreadsheets
VC2M3ST02create and compare different graphical representations of data sets, including using software where appropriate; interpret the data in terms of the context
VC2M3ST03conduct guided statistical investigations involving the collection, representation and interpretation of data for categorical and discrete numerical variables with respect to questions of interest
Probability
VC2M3P01identify practical activities and everyday events that involve chance, and describe possible outcomes and events as 'likely' or 'unlikely' and identify some events as 'certain' or 'impossible', explaining reasoning
VC2M3P02conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record the results, and recognise and discuss the variation