Year 3 maths games
Year 3 is the first year of Key Stage 2. Children move on to three-digit numbers, learn the 3, 4 and 8 times tables, and meet fractions as parts of a set as well as parts of a shape.
This page sets out what the national curriculum asks for in Year 3, which Clarendium games match it at the Year 3 level, and a free level your child can play now.
Free to try in the browser. No download, no account, no ads.
What children learn in Year 3 maths
The national curriculum for England sets out, in summary:
- Place value to 1,000. Hundreds, tens and ones; counting from 0 in 4s, 8s, 50s and 100s; finding 10 or 100 more or less.
- Adding and subtracting three-digit numbers. Mentally with ones, tens and hundreds, and with the column method, checking answers with the inverse.
- The 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Recall and use, alongside the 2, 5 and 10 tables from Year 2, and multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number.
- Fractions. Counting in tenths; unit and non-unit fractions of shapes and sets; equivalent fractions with small denominators; adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator within one whole; ordering unit fractions.
- Measurement, money and time. Measuring length, mass and volume; adding and subtracting pounds and pence; telling the time on analogue clocks, including Roman numerals and 12- and 24-hour time.
- Shape and statistics. Perimeter, right angles, and bar charts, pictograms and tables.
Which Clarendium games fit Year 3
Choose “Year 3” as the practice level (the button above does it for you) and each world pitches its questions at Year 3:
- Multiply Mountain (multiplication): times tables shown as equal groups of counters, growing from the 2s up to the 5, 6 and 7 times tables across the stages. For the 8 times table, choose Year 4.
- Fraction Falls (fractions): halves, thirds and quarters of shapes: your child names how many equal parts are coloured and learns what the bottom number counts.
- Number Grove (addition): addition with two-digit numbers, with hints that split numbers into tens and ones.
- Subtraction Shores (subtraction): subtraction checked by adding back, the inverse check Year 3 asks for.
Not covered yet: three-digit column methods, tenths, measurement, money and time. Those are worth practising with real coins, a clock and a ruler at home.
What parents see
Each stage is five questions, and four right completes it. The progress page shows which stages your child has completed in each world and their recent scores; the parent report for the Moonwell story also separates guided practice from independent answers. Everything stays in this browser, with no child account.
Memberships and the parent waitlist
Every world is free to try now. Memberships are not open yet; these are the proposed prices, and no payment is taken here.
| Plan | UK price |
|---|---|
| Explorer · 1 child | £7.99 a month, or £79.90 a year |
| Family · up to 4 children | £12.99 a month, or £129.90 a year |
Founding families: the first 100 families on the waitlist get 40% off for life when memberships open. Leave a parent or guardian email and we will write once, when memberships open. No ads, and we never ask for a child’s name, email or photo.
Questions parents ask
Are these Year 3 maths games free?
Yes. Every world is free to play now in the browser. Memberships are planned but not open; the parent waitlist asks only for a parent’s email.
Which times tables should a Year 3 child know?
By the end of Year 3, the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables. The rest, up to 12 × 12, follow in Year 4.
Is there a times tables test in Year 3?
No. The statutory Multiplication Tables Check is taken in June of Year 4. Year 3 is the time to build understanding without a timer.
My child is in Year 3 but finds it hard. Can they play an easier level?
Yes. Choose Year 2 in settings. Confident practice a level below helps more than guessing at the right one.
Keep exploring
- Year 4 maths gamesAll the times tables to 12 × 12 and equivalent fractions.
- Maths for 7 year oldsWhat most 7 year olds work on, with questions to try at home.
- Maths for 8 year oldsWhat most 8 year olds work on, with questions to try at home.
- Times tables gamesMultiply Mountain at any Year.
- Choosing a maths app for kidsA parent checklist, and where Clarendium fits.