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Class 3 Maths Worksheets with Answers (Grade 3) - Free PDF 2026-27

Four complete Class 3 maths worksheets, every question printed on this page with a full answer key - place value to 999, addition and subtraction with regrouping, multiplication and tables, and division with simple fractions. They follow NCERT's Maths Mela, the current Class 3 book under NCF-SE 2023, which replaced Math Magic. The worked examples use the book's methods rather than the ones most parents were taught, which is deliberate and explained below.

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What these practise

  • Numbers to 999 - place value, expanded form, comparing and ordering
  • Addition and subtraction with regrouping, including borrowing across a zero
  • Multiplication - equal groups and arrays first, then the symbol, then written method
  • Tables to 10, with rebuilding a forgotten fact from a known one
  • Division as equal sharing, and as multiplication read backwards
  • Simple fractions - half, quarter and third of a shape and of a number

Last updated 2026-07-28

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Class 3 Maths Numbers and Place Value Worksheet

Class 3 Maths · Numbers to 999 and place value · 56 questions with answers

Download PDF - Class 3 Maths Numbers and Place Value Worksheet, with the answer key on the last page

Three-digit numbers, and the single idea the rest of Class 3 rests on: that the 4 in 428 means four hundreds, not four. Every later topic - column addition, carrying, subtraction with borrowing - fails quietly if this one is shaky, which is why it is worth over-practising rather than moving past quickly.

  • Read and write three-digit numbers in figures and words.
  • Write a number in expanded form and say what each digit is worth.
  • Compare and order three-digit numbers using > and <.

Exercise 1 of 5 · 12 questions

Write each number in expanded form.

Write the answer · Warm-up

Here’s one done for you

537 → 500 + 30 + 7. Name each digit by its place: the 5 is in the hundreds place so it is worth 500, the 3 is in the tens place so it is worth 30, and the 7 is ones. Say it aloud that way - 'five hundreds, three tens, seven ones' - rather than reading the digits.

  1. 1)428
  2. 2)305
  3. 3)760
  4. 4)914
  5. 5)186
  6. 6)550
  7. 7)273
  8. 8)601
  9. 9)845
  10. 10)990
  11. 11)158
  12. 12)406

Answers

  1. 1) 400 + 20 + 8
  2. 2) 300 + 0 + 5 (or 300 + 5)
  3. 3) 700 + 60 + 0 (or 700 + 60)
  4. 4) 900 + 10 + 4
  5. 5) 100 + 80 + 6
  6. 6) 500 + 50 + 0 (or 500 + 50)
  7. 7) 200 + 70 + 3
  8. 8) 600 + 0 + 1 (or 600 + 1)
  9. 9) 800 + 40 + 5
  10. 10) 900 + 90 + 0 (or 900 + 90)
  11. 11) 100 + 50 + 8
  12. 12) 400 + 0 + 6 (or 400 + 6)

Exercise 2 of 5 · 12 questions

What is the value of the underlined digit? (The underlined digit is shown in brackets.)

Write the answer · Guided

Here’s one done for you

3(5)1 - the 5 → 50. The digit is 5 but its VALUE is 50, because it sits in the tens place. This is the difference children most often miss: what the digit is, versus what it is worth.

  1. 1)6(4)2 - the 4
  2. 2)(3)87 - the 3
  3. 3)51(9) - the 9
  4. 4)(7)05 - the 7
  5. 5)2(6)8 - the 6
  6. 6)48(0) - the 0
  7. 7)9(2)7 - the 2
  8. 8)(5)63 - the 5
  9. 9)84(1) - the 1
  10. 10)(2)09 - the 2
  11. 11)6(0)4 - the 0
  12. 12)37(8) - the 8

Answers

  1. 1) 40
  2. 2) 300
  3. 3) 9
  4. 4) 700
  5. 5) 60
  6. 6) 0
  7. 7) 20
  8. 8) 500
  9. 9) 1
  10. 10) 200
  11. 11) 0
  12. 12) 8

Exercise 3 of 5 · 12 questions

Write > or < between the numbers.

Fill in the blank · Practice

Here’s one done for you

426 ___ 462 → <. Compare from the LEFT. Both start with 4 hundreds, so move on: 2 tens against 6 tens - 6 is bigger, so 462 is the larger number.

  1. 1)426 ___ 462
  2. 2)703 ___ 730
  3. 3)199 ___ 201
  4. 4)555 ___ 545
  5. 5)308 ___ 380
  6. 6)890 ___ 809
  7. 7)247 ___ 274
  8. 8)560 ___ 506
  9. 9)819 ___ 891
  10. 10)100 ___ 99
  11. 11)444 ___ 434
  12. 12)678 ___ 687

Answers

  1. 1) <
  2. 2) <
  3. 3) <
  4. 4) >
  5. 5) <
  6. 6) >
  7. 7) <
  8. 8) >
  9. 9) <
  10. 10) >
  11. 11) >
  12. 12) <

Exercise 4 of 5 · 8 questions

Write these numbers in order, smallest first.

Put in order · Practice

  1. 1)345, 435, 354, 453
  2. 2)108, 180, 801, 810
  3. 3)672, 627, 762, 726
  4. 4)519, 591, 195, 159
  5. 5)830, 308, 380, 803
  6. 6)246, 264, 426, 462
  7. 7)777, 717, 771, 707
  8. 8)100, 99, 110, 101

Answers

  1. 1) 345, 354, 435, 453
  2. 2) 108, 180, 801, 810
  3. 3) 627, 672, 726, 762
  4. 4) 159, 195, 519, 591
  5. 5) 308, 380, 803, 830
  6. 6) 246, 264, 426, 462
  7. 7) 707, 717, 771, 777
  8. 8) 99, 100, 101, 110

Exercise 5 of 5 · 12 questions

Write the number in words.

Write the answer · Challenge

  1. 1)245
  2. 2)409
  3. 3)630
  4. 4)718
  5. 5)506
  6. 6)390
  7. 7)812
  8. 8)164
  9. 9)999
  10. 10)270
  11. 11)483
  12. 12)705

Answers

  1. 1) Two hundred forty-five
  2. 2) Four hundred nine
  3. 3) Six hundred thirty
  4. 4) Seven hundred eighteen
  5. 5) Five hundred six
  6. 6) Three hundred ninety
  7. 7) Eight hundred twelve
  8. 8) One hundred sixty-four
  9. 9) Nine hundred ninety-nine
  10. 10) Two hundred seventy
  11. 11) Four hundred eighty-three
  12. 12) Seven hundred five

While your child works

  • Say numbers as 'four hundreds, two tens, eight ones' rather than 'four two eight' while this is being learned. It makes expanded form obvious instead of a rule to remember.
  • The digit-versus-value distinction is the one that matters. If your child says the 4 in 642 is 'four', they have read the digit rather than its value - that gap causes trouble in column addition later.
  • Zero in the middle (305, 409) is the most missed case. It is worth doing a few extra of those rather than more of the easy ones.

Open the Numbers to 999 and place value worksheet on its own page

Class 3 Maths - the guide

Which NCERT book does Class 3 Maths use now?

Maths Mela, published under NCF-SE 2023. It replaced Math Magic, and this matters more than a name change usually would, because a lot of the Class 3 material still circulating online was written against the older book and against older methods.

Class 3's companion NCERT books are Santoor for English and Veena for Hindi, with Our Wondrous World for EVS - which is the year EVS finally becomes a real NCERT subject, having had no book at all in Classes 1 and 2.

These worksheets are organised by skill rather than by chapter number, so they stay usable whichever edition your school has issued. But where a method differs between the old book and the new one - and multiplication is the clearest case - the worked examples here follow Maths Mela.

Why does my child's method look different from the one I learned?

Because it genuinely is different, and this is the single most common source of friction between a Class 3 child and a well-meaning parent trying to help.

Two changes matter most:

Multiplication is built from equal groups before the symbol appears. A child is asked to see 4 × 3 as four groups of three, to draw it as an array, and only then to use the ×. Many of us learned the symbol and the tables first and the meaning later, or never. The reason for the new order is division: a child who can picture equal groups handles division next term, and one who can only recite tables cannot.

Carrying is taught with place-value language. Not "carry the one" but "carry one ten" - because when 6 + 7 = 13, what moves into the next column is one ten. That extra word is the difference between a child who can check their own work and one performing a ritual.

This is exactly why every exercise on these sheets carries a worked example showing the method, not just the answer. A parent who teaches the older method to a child being taught the newer one creates a conflict the child cannot resolve - and it is a common cause of a child who "was fine at maths last year" suddenly struggling. Our post on a child weak in Maths covers how these mismatches compound.

What do these Class 3 Maths worksheets cover?

Four complete sheets, in the order the year usually runs.

  • Numbers and place value to 999 - expanded form, the value of a digit versus the digit itself, comparing and ordering. Everything later in the year rests on this one.
  • Addition and subtraction with regrouping - three-digit sums with carrying and borrowing, including the hardest case, borrowing across a zero, plus word problems where choosing the operation is the real test.
  • Multiplication and tables - equal groups, arrays, tables to 10, two-digit by one-digit, and rebuilding a forgotten fact from a known one.
  • Division and simple fractions - equal sharing, division as multiplication reversed, remainders, and half, quarter and third of both shapes and numbers.

Every exercise has a worked example. That is the feature the ranking competitors on this keyword do not have, and it is the one that makes a worksheet usable by a parent who is unsure of the current method.

Which Class 3 topics cause trouble later if they are shaky?

Two, and it is worth knowing which because they are not the ones that look hardest at the time.

Place value. A child who reads the 4 in 642 as "four" rather than "forty" can still get easy sums right, so the gap stays hidden. It surfaces in column addition, then in decimals in Class 5, then in algebra. It is the quietest and most expensive gap in primary maths.

Fractions. Class 3 fractions look trivial - half a roti, a quarter of a square - and the idea underneath them is not. A child who has not internalised that the parts must be equal, and that more parts means smaller pieces, will believe 1/3 is bigger than 1/2 and will carry that into Class 5 fraction arithmetic.

This is the pattern we see constantly in diagnostic sessions: a Class 8 student stuck on algebra whose actual problem is Class 6 fractions, which was actually a Class 3 misunderstanding never corrected. Our post on a child weak in Maths works through how to trace a current difficulty back to its origin, which is almost always earlier than the current class.

The practical advice: if either topic is shaky on these sheets, fix it now. It costs a fortnight at Class 3 and a term or more later.

How should a parent use these worksheets?

A few things that matter at this stage specifically:

  • Read the worked example first, together. Especially if you learned a different method. The example is there so you can help without teaching something that contradicts the classroom.
  • For word problems, decide the operation before touching the numbers. Most mistakes here are choosing wrongly, not calculating wrongly, and asking "is this an adding or a taking-away question?" catches it.
  • Do not supply a forgotten table fact. Rebuild it - 6 × 7 from 6 × 5 plus two sixes. Being told the answer teaches nothing usable in an exam.
  • Keep to about twenty-five minutes. A realistic focused span at eight - see how long a child can concentrate by age.

For daily table practice between sheets, our times tables game runs to 20 rather than stopping at 12 the way most Western tools do, which matches what Indian schools actually teach. Our post on how to make my child learn tables covers the splitting approach in full.

Questions parents ask

Class 3 Maths worksheets - your questions

Which NCERT book is Class 3 Maths?

Maths Mela, published under NCF-SE 2023. It replaced Math Magic, so a good deal of Class 3 material still online was written against the older book - and in some cases against older methods, particularly for multiplication.

Why is my child's multiplication method different from the one I learned?

Maths Mela builds multiplication from equal groups and arrays before introducing the symbol, and teaches carrying with place-value language - 'carry one ten' rather than 'carry the one'. The reason is division: a child who can picture equal groups copes with division next term, while one who can only recite tables cannot.

What should a Class 3 child be able to do in maths by the end of the year?

Read, write and compare numbers to 999, add and subtract three-digit numbers with regrouping, know tables to 10 and use them, divide by equal sharing with remainders, and recognise half, quarter and third of a shape and of a number.

My child can recite tables but cannot use them in word problems. Why?

Because reciting is recall and applying is a different skill - the fact is stored, the meaning is not. The array exercises here close that gap, and our post on learning tables properly covers it in depth.

How do I teach carrying in addition?

Say 'carry one ten', not 'carry the one'. When 6 + 7 = 13, that is one ten and three ones - the three stays, the ten moves. That single extra word is the difference between a child who can check their own work and one following a ritual they do not understand.

Why does my child think 1/3 is bigger than 1/2?

Because 3 is bigger than 2, and the equal-parts idea has not been made concrete. Cut a real roti into halves and another into thirds and lay them side by side - more pieces means smaller pieces. One minute of that prevents a misconception that otherwise persists into Class 5 fraction arithmetic.

Do the worksheets include answers?

Yes, a complete answer key for every exercise, printed separately from the questions. Word problems show the sum used rather than only the final number, so you can see where an answer went wrong.

Are the PDFs free and printable?

Yes, free with no sign-up, no email and no account. Every question also appears on this page as readable text, so you can work through them on screen if you prefer.

Which Class 3 topics matter most for later years?

Place value and fractions. Both look manageable at Class 3 and both cause disproportionate trouble later if shaky - place value surfaces in column arithmetic, decimals and eventually algebra, while a weak grasp of equal parts undermines all of Class 5 fraction work.

How long should a Class 3 child spend on one worksheet?

About twenty-five minutes. Beyond that, tiredness starts producing errors that look like gaps but are not, and it is generally better to stop and return the next day than to finish a sheet badly.

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