Level 3 for ages 8 and 9 includes number concepts; arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, short division, introduction to order of operations; money; time; measurement including fractions and metric; geometric constructions; fractions, including comparing and ordering fractions and addition and subtraction with like denominators; decimals, including ordering and comparing, decimals in money, and place value to the hundredths place; graphing, circle and line graphs, using a grid and ordered pairs; problem-solving with multi-step word problems, estimating, and estimating. The goal for level 3 is that the student master arithmetic operations using the fact families through 10 using story problems and number problems, practice how place value works in our number system by adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers, as well as to learn place value to the hundred-thousands.
