National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 3
Strand and Element abbreviations
Reasoning
= Developing numerical reasoning
Number
= Using number skills
Measuring
= Using measuring skills
Data
= Using data skills
Identify
Represent
Review
Number facts
Fractions, etc.
Calculate
Estimate
Money
Length, etc.
Time
Temperature
Area etc.
Data
= Identify processes and connections
= Represent and communicate
= Review
= Use number facts and relationships
= Fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio
= Calculate using mental and written methods
= Estimate and check
= Manage money
= Length, weight/mass, capacity
= Time
= Temperature
= Area and volume / Angle and position
= Collect and record data / Present and analyse data / Interpret results
Text omitted from skills
In some instances, only part of a skill will be covered in an Abacus Evolve week. For example, in Abacus Evolve Year 1 Week 8, learners subtract one 1-digit number from
another. The skill that most closely matches this is Using number skills > Calculate using mental and written methods > add and subtract numbers involving up to 10 objects. But
since the addition part isn’t covered in this week, the skill is presented as follows:
 [add and] subtract numbers involving up to 10 objects
‘Begin to’ objectives
Abacus Evolve has lots of small objectives, and some are stepping stones on the way towards more ‘milestone’ objectives. In some weeks, learners are likely to be working
towards a skill, rather than fully ‘mastering’ it. We have indicated these instances by prefacing the skill with [Begin to]. For example, in Abacus Evolve Year 3 Week 21, learners
are beginning to round 3-digit numbers to the nearest 100 and 10. The equivalent skill from Year 4 is presented as follows:
 [Begin to] estimate by rounding to the nearest 10 or 100
Numerical reasoning skills
In Abacus Evolve, numerical reasoning is embedded throughout. (For example: whole-class investigations; extension suggestions on workbook pages; ‘Owls’ and ‘Explores’ on
textbook pages; group activities; interactive problem solving and speaking and listening activities.) We don’t list ‘using and applying’-type objectives in the teaching plans,
because we would run out of space! For the same reason, we haven’t included the Developing numerical reasoning skills in these charts.
Abacus Evolve weeks with no matching skills
There are some weeks of Abacus Evolve for which there are no relevant skills. However, this doesn’t mean that those weeks don’t need to be taught. Not every element of the
National Curriculum mathematics programme of study is included in the LNF, but you will still need to cover the curriculum in full.
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National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 3
Abacus Evolve
Week
1
Block
A1.a
Summary of maths covered
Objectives
Compare two 3-digit numbers 


A1.b
Partition 3-digit numbers into
H, T and U


2
A1.c
Count up to 100 objects by
grouping in 5s or 10s


A1.d
Count on and back in 100s
from any number


3
B1.a
Know addition and

subtraction facts for pairs that
total up to 20


B1.b
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Add several numbers by

finding pairs that total 9, 10 or
11

Year
Strand
Element
Skill
3
Number
Number facts

read and write numbers to 1000
3
Number
Number facts

compare and estimate with numbers up to 100
3
Y3: Partition 3-digit numbers into H, T
and U
Y3: Know what each digit in a 3-digit number
represents, including 0 as a place holder
Number
Number facts

read and write numbers to 1000
2
Number
Number facts

count sets of objects by grouping in [2s,] 5s
or 10s
3
Number
Number facts

compare and estimate with numbers up to 100
Y3: Count on and back in 1s or 10s up to at
least 1000
Y3: Read and write numbers up to 1000 in
figures and words
Y3: Compare two 3-digit numbers
Y3: Count up to 100 objects by grouping in
5s or 10s
Y3: Estimate a number of objects up to 100
No matching skills
Y3: Count on and back in 100s from any
number
Y3: Say the number that is 1, 10 or 100
more or less than a given number
Y3: Know by heart addition and subtraction
facts for pairs of numbers that total up to 20
Y3: Extend use of patterns of similar
calculations
Y3: Rehearse pairs of multiples of 10 that
total 100
3
Number
Number facts

use mental strategies to recall number facts within 20
Y3: Add several numbers by finding pairs
that total 9, 10 or 11
Y3: Continue to recognise that addition can
be done in any order
2
Number
Estimate

use checking strategies:
– repeat addition in a different order
3
Number
Number facts

use mental strategies to recall number facts within 20
B1.c
Classify and describe 2D
shapes, including
quadrilaterals

Y3: Classify and describe 2D shapes,
including quadrilaterals
No matching skills
B1.d
Identify and sketch lines of
symmetry in simple shapes

Y3: Sketch the reflection of a simple shape
in a mirror line along one edge
Y3: Identify and sketch lines of symmetry in
simple shapes
Y3: Recognise shapes with no lines of
symmetry
No matching skills
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Abacus Evolve Year 3
Abacus Evolve
Week
5
Block
C1.a
Summary of maths covered
Measure and compare
lengths in metres and
centimetres
Objectives



6
7
Year
Y3: Use a ruler to draw and measure lines to 3
the nearest half centimetre
Y3: Know the relationship between
kilometres and metres, metres and
4
centimetres
Y3: Measure and compare lengths using
standard units: metres, centimetres
Strand
Element
Skill
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units of measure:
– length: measure on a ruler to the nearest
½ cm
Measuring
Length, etc.

convert metric units of length to smaller units, e.g. cm to
mm, m to cm, km to m
C1.b
Use decimal notation for
metres and centimetres

Y3: Use decimal notation for metres and
centimetres
C1.c
Organise and interpret data in 
simple lists, tally charts and
frequency tables
Y3: Solve a given problem by organising
and interpreting numerical data in simple
lists, tally charts and frequency tables
3–4
Data
Data

represent data using:
– lists, tally charts, tables and diagrams
3–4
Data
Data

extract and interpret information from charts,
timetables, diagrams and graphs
C1.d
Organise and interpret data in 
pictograms
Y3: Solve a given problem by organising
and interpreting data in pictograms (symbol
representing two units)
3–4
Data
Data

represent data using:
– pictograms where one symbol represents more than
one unit using a key
D1.a
Add a 1-digit number to a 2or
3-digit number, bridging a
multiple of 10

Y3: Add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit
number, bridging a multiple of 10
Y3: Add a 1-digit number to a 3-digit
number, bridging a multiple of 10
3
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
Subtract a 1-digit number
from a 2- or 3-digit number

Y3: Subtract a 1-digit number from a 2-digit
number, crossing a multiple of 10
Y3: Subtract a 1-digit number from a 3-digit
number, not crossing a multiple of 10
3
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
D1.b
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No matching skills
D1.c
Read the time to 5 minutes on 
analogue clocks
Y3: Read the time to 5 minutes on analogue 3
clocks
Measuring
Time

tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes on an analogue
clock and calculate how long it is to the next hour
D1.d
Read the time on analogue
and digital clocks; solve
problems involving time

Y3: Read the time to 5 minutes on analogue 3
and 12-hour digital clocks
Y3: Solve problems involving time: say the
3
number of minutes earlier or later than a
given 5-minute time
Measuring
Time

tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes on an analogue
clock and calculate how long it is to the next hour
Measuring
Time

read hours and minutes on a 12-hour digital clock using
am/pm conventions
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Abacus Evolve Year 3
Abacus Evolve
Week
9
Block
E1.a
E1.b
10
E1.c
E1.d
Summary of maths covered
Objectives
Understand
multiplication/division as
repeated addition/subtraction

Know the multiplication facts
for the 2 times table

Recognise unit fractions; find
unit fractions of numbers
Strand
Element
Skill
Number
Estimate

check multiplication using repeated addition
Number
Number facts

recall 2 [, 3, 4, 5 and 10] multiplication tables [and use
to solve multiplication and division problems]

3
Y3: Derive division facts corresponding to
the 2 times table
Y3: Know by heart the multiplication facts for
the 2 times table


Y3: Find unit fractions of numbers
Y3: Recognise unit fractions
3
Number
Fractions, etc. 
use halves and quarters
3
Number
Fractions, etc. 
halve 2-digit numbers in the context of number, money
and measures
3
Number
Fractions, etc. 
find fractional quantities linked to known multiplication
facts, e.g. 1/3 of 18, 1/5 of 15
Y3: Know by heart doubles of numbers up to 3
20 and the corresponding halves
3
Y3: Continue to recognise halving as the
inverse of doubling
Y3: Derive doubles of multiples of 5 up to
100 and the corresponding halves
Y3: Derive doubles of multiples of 50 up to
500 and the corresponding halves
Number
Calculate

use partitioning to double and halve 2-digit numbers
Number
Estimate

check halving using doubling

Know doubles of numbers to 
20; derive multiples of 5 and
50, and corresponding halves 

12
Year
3
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Y3: Understand multiplication/division as
repeated addition/subtraction
Y3: Understand division as the inverse of
multiplication
A2.a
Round numbers less than 100 
to the nearest 10
Y3: Round numbers less than 100 to the
nearest 10
4
Number
Estimate

estimate by rounding to the nearest 10 [or 100]
A2.b
Order numbers to 1000; say a 
number lying between two 3- 
digit numbers

Y3: Order numbers up to at least 1000
Y3: Say a number lying between two 3-digit
numbers
Y3: Say the number that is 1, 10 or 100
more or less than any 2- or 3-digit number
3
Number
Number facts

compare [and estimate with] numbers up to 100
4
Number
Number facts

compare [and estimate with] numbers up to 1000
A2.c
Count on in 10s, 100s or 50s
from zero


Y3: Count on in 10s, 100s or 50s from zero
Y3: Recognise multiples of 10, 100 and 50
3
Number
Number facts

recall [2, 3, 4, 5 and] 10 multiplication tables [and use to
solve multiplication and division problems]
A2.d
Recognise odd and even
numbers up to at least 50

Y3: Recognise odd and even numbers up to 3
at least 50
Number
Number facts

recall 2 [, 3, 4, 5 and 10] multiplication tables [and use
to solve multiplication and division problems]
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Abacus Evolve Year 3
Abacus Evolve
Week
13
14
15
Block
Summary of maths covered
Objectives
Year
Strand
Element
Skill
B2.a
Know pairs of multiples of 100 
that total 1000

Y3: Know by heart pairs of multiples of 100 2
that total 1 000
Y3: Derive all pairs of multiples of 5 that total
100
Number
Number facts

use mental recall of number facts to 10 to derive other
facts, i.e.:
– bonds of 10, e.g. derive 60 + 40 from knowing 6 + 4
B2.b
Use pairs that total 100 to

make the next multiple of 100 
2
Y3: Derive all number pairs that total 100
Y3: Use pairs that total 100 to make the next
multiple of 100
Number
Number facts

use mental recall of number facts to 10 to derive other
facts, i.e.:
– bonds of 10, e.g. derive 60 + 40 from knowing 6 + 4
B2.c
Introduce, classify and
describe prisms


Y3: Introduce, classify and describe prisms
Y3: Relate prisms to pictures of them
No matching skills
B2.d
Classify and describe
common 3D shapes by
properties

Y3: Classify and describe common 3D
shapes by properties: number of faces,
edges, vertices; types of face
No matching skills
C2.a
Measure and compare
capacities in litres and
millilitres

3
Y3: Read a capacity scale to the nearest
labelled and unlabelled division
Y3: Measure and compare capacities using
standard units: litres, millilitres
4
Y3: Know the relationship between litres and
millilitres

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
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units of measure:
– capacity: use litres and half litres; measure to the
nearest 100ml
Measuring
Length, etc.

measure capacities to the nearest 50ml or 100ml
No matching skills
C2.b
Use units of time: days,
hours, minutes, seconds
C2.c
Organise and interpret data in 
frequency tables
Y3: Organise and interpret numerical data in 3–4
frequency tables
Data
Data

extract and interpret information from charts, timetables,
diagrams and graphs
C2.d
Organise and interpret data in 
bar charts
Y3: Organise and interpret numerical data in 3–4
bar charts
Data
Data

represent data using:
– bar charts [and bar line graphs] labelled in 2s, 5s
and 10s
3–4
Data
Data

extract and interpret information from charts, timetables,
diagrams and graphs
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Y3: Use units of time and know the
relationship between them: days, hours,
minutes, seconds
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Abacus Evolve
Week
17
18
19
Block
Summary of maths covered
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Objectives
Year
Strand
Element
Skill
D2.a
Add and subtract a multiple of 
10 to and from a 2- or 3-digit
number

Y3: Add and subtract a multiple of 10 to and 3
from a 2-digit number, crossing 100 when
adding
Y3: Add and subtract a multiple of 10 to and
from a 3-digit number, beginning to cross
100
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract
2-digit numbers
D2.b
Add and subtract a 2-digit

number to and from a 2- or 3digit number

Y3: Add and subtract two 2-digit numbers,
beginning to cross a multiple of 10
Y3: Add and subtract a 2-digit number to
and from a 3-digit number
3
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
4
Number
Calculate

add a 2-digit number to, and subtract a 2-digit number
from, a 3-digit number using an appropriate mental or
written method
D2.c
Add and subtract a multiple of 
10 or 100 to and from a 3- or
4-digit number

Y3: Add and subtract a multiple of 10 to and 4
from a 3-digit number, crossing 100
Y3: Add and subtract a multiple of 100 to
and from a 4-digit number, crossing 1000
Number
Calculate

add a 2-digit number to, and subtract a 2-digit number
from, a 3-digit number using an appropriate mental or
written method
D2.d
Add and subtract 9, 11, 19
and 29 to and from a 2- or 3digit number

Y3: Add and subtract 9 and 11 to and from a 3
2- or 3-digit number
Y3: Add and subtract 19 and 29 to and from
4
a 2- or 3-digit number
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
Number
Calculate

add a 2-digit number to, and subtract a 2-digit number
from, a 3-digit number using an appropriate mental [or
written] method
Know the multiplication facts
for the 5 and 10 times tables

Y3: Know by heart the multiplication facts for 3
the 5 and 10 times tables
Y3: Derive division facts corresponding to
the 5 and 10 times tables
Number
Number facts
 recall [2, 3, 4,] 5 and 10 multiplication tables and use to
E2.a


E2.b
Rehearse division as the
inverse of multiplication


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Y3: Rehearse division as the inverse of
multiplication
Y3: Extend understanding that multiplication
can be done in any order
Y3: Understand multiplication as describing
an array
solve multiplication and division problems
No matching skills
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Abacus Evolve Year 3
Abacus Evolve
Week
20
Block
E2.c
Summary of maths covered
Know the multiplication facts
for the 3 times table
Objectives



23
Strand
Element
Skill
Y3: Know by heart the multiplication facts for 3
the 3 times table
Y3: Derive division facts corresponding to
4
the 3 times table
Y3: Begin to know multiplication facts for the
6 times table and corresponding division
facts
Number
Number facts

recall [2,] 3 [,4, 5 and 10] multiplication tables [and use
to solve multiplication and division problems]
Number
Number facts

[Begin to] use mental strategies to recall multiplication
tables for [2, 3, 4, 5,] 6 [and 10 and use to solve division
problems]
Y3: Find non-unit fractions of shapes and
numbers
Y3: Recognise non-unit fractions
4
Number
Fractions, etc. 
Y3: Begin to round 3-digit numbers to the
nearest 100 and 10
Y3: Understand and use £.p notation
4
Number
Estimate

[Begin to] estimate by rounding to the nearest 10 or 100
Y3: Extend understanding that subtraction is 3
the inverse of addition
3
Y3: Solve ‘real-life’ problems involving
money (comparing amounts)
Number
Estimate

check subtraction using addition
Number
Money

order and compare items up to £10

Round 3-digit numbers to the
nearest 100 and 10;
understand and use pound
and pence (£.p) notation

Solve ‘real-life’ problems
involving money (comparing
amounts)

A3.c
Add a 2-digit number to a 2-,
3- or 4-digit number by
partitioning into T and U

Y3: Add a 2-digit number to a 2-, 3- or
4-digit number by partitioning into T and U
then recombining
4
Number
Calculate

add a 2-digit number to, and subtract a 2-digit number
from, a 3-digit number using an appropriate mental or
written method
A3.d
Add by identifying near
doubles, using doubles
already known

Y3: Add by identifying near doubles, using
doubles already known
3
Number
Calculate

use partitioning to double [and halve] 2-digit numbers
B3.a
Recognise odd and even
numbers up to 100; count on
in 5s and 50s

Y3: Recognise odd and even numbers up to 3
at least 100
Y3: Count on in 5s to 100, and in 50s to
1000
Number
Number facts

recall 2, [3, 4,] 5 [and 10] multiplication tables [and use
to solve multiplication and division problems]
Know the multiplication facts
for the 4 times table

Y3: Know by heart the multiplication facts for 3
the 4 times table
Y3: Derive division facts corresponding to
the 4 times table
Y3: Use doubling to find new facts (x4) from
known facts (x2)
Number
Number facts

recall [2, 3,] 4,[ 5 and 10] multiplication tables [and use
to solve multiplication and division problems]
A3.a
A3.b
22
Year
Recognise non-unit fractions;
find non-unit fractions of
shapes and numbers
E2.d
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recognise fractions that are several parts of a whole,
e.g. 2⁄3, 3⁄10
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Abacus Evolve Year 3
Abacus Evolve
Week
24
Block
B3.c
Summary of maths covered
Make and describe rightangled turns; identify right
angles; use set squares
Objectives




B3.d
Recognise and use the four
compass directions N, S, E,
W



25
Strand
Element
Skill
Y3: Compare angles with a right angle
Y3: Identify right angles in 2D shapes and
the environment
Y3: Recognise that a straight line is
equivalent to two right angles
Y3: Make and describe right-angled turns
2
Measuring
Area, etc.

recognise that a quarter turn is a right angle
Y3: Recognise and use the four compass
directions N, S, E, W
Y3: Describe a route using distance and
direction
Y3: Make and describe right-angled turns
between the four compass points
3
Measuring
Area, etc.

use the four compass points to describe directions
Locate position on a grid with
the rows and columns
labelled

Y3: Locate position on a grid with the rows
and columns labelled
C3.b
Measure and compare
weights in kilograms and
grams

Y3: Know the relationship between
kilograms and grams
Y3: Measure and compare weights using
standard units: kilograms, grams
Y3: Read weighing scales to the nearest
labelled and unlabelled division
3
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units of measure:
– weight/mass: use 5g, 10g and 100g weights
4
Measuring
Length, etc.

use weighing scales with divisions to weigh objects to
the nearest 5g, 10g, 25g or 100g
Y3: Use units of time and know the
relationship between them: years, months,
weeks, days, hours
Y3: Begin to use a calendar
4
Measuring
Time

[Begin to] use calendars to plan events
represent data using:
– Venn and Carroll diagrams

C3.c
Use units of time: years,
months, weeks, days, hours


27
Year
C3.a
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C3.d
Classify and sort data in Venn 
and Carroll diagrams
Y3: Classify and sort data according to one
or two criteria in Venn and Carroll diagrams
3–4
Data
Data

D3.a
Use informal written methods
to record additions for 2- and
3-digit numbers

Y3: Use informal written methods to record
additions for 2- and 3-digit numbers
4
Number
Calculate
 add a 2-digit number to a 3-digit number using an
Y3: Begin to use column addition to add
2- and 3-digit numbers
4
D3.b
Begin to use column addition 
to add 2- and 3-digit numbers
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appropriate mental or written method
Number
Calculate

add a 2-digit number to, a 3-digit number using an
appropriate mental or written method
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Week
28
29
30
Block
Summary of maths covered
Objectives
D3.c
Find a difference between two 
2- or 3-digit numbers by
counting on
D3.d
Use informal written methods
to record subtractions for 2and
3-digit numbers
E3.a
E3.b
E3.c
Year
Strand
Element
Skill
Y3: Find a difference between two 2- or
3-digit numbers by counting on
3
Number
Calculate

find differences within 100

Y3: Use informal written methods to record
subtractions for 2- and 3-digit numbers
4
Number
Calculate

[add a 2-digit number to, and] subtract a 2-digit number
from, a 3-digit number using an appropriate mental or
written method
Understand division as
grouping



Y3: Understand division as grouping
Y3: Find remainders after simple division
Y3: Round up or down after division,
depending on the context
3
Number
Number facts

recall 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 multiplication tables and use to
solve multiplication and division problems
Multiply by 10 and 100,
shifting the digits 1 or 2
places to the left

Y3: Multiply by 10 and 100, shifting the digits 3
1 or 2 places to the left
4
Y3: Use known facts to multiply a multiple of
10 by a 1-digit number
Number
Number facts

multiply numbers by 10
Number
Number facts

multiply [and divide] numbers by 10 and 100
Begin to recognise simple
equivalent fractions



E3.d
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Find totals, give change and
work out which coins to pay
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
No matching skills
Y3: Begin to recognise simple equivalent
fractions
Y3: Compare familiar fractions
Y3: Rehearse £.p notation
Y3: Find totals, give change and work out
which coins to pay
3
Number
Money
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use different combinations of money to pay for items up
to £2 and calculate the change
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