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Welcome to 3rd Grade Florida B.E.S.T. Standards Resource Page!
This page is your go-to guide for understanding and implementing the 3rd Grade Florida B.E.S.T. Math Standards. Below, you’ll find a complete list of all the standards and skills, along with resources to help make your teaching more effective and efficient.
The Florida B.E.S.T. (Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking) Math Standards are organized into broad categories called Strands, with specific skills outlined under each. These Strands group related mathematical concepts and provide a clear structure for learning at each grade level.
For 3rd grade, the key Strands include:
Each Strand is further broken down into Benchmarks, which are specific skills or concepts that students are expected to learn. For example, the benchmark MA.3.NSO.2.3 focuses on multiplying and dividing within 100 using strategies and properties of operations.
Click on a strand (buttons linked above) to start exploring!
Strand: Number Sense & Operations
Standard: MA.3.NSO.1 – Understand the place value of four-digit numbers.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.NSO.1.1 | Read and write numbers from 0 to 10,000 using standard form, expanded form and word form. | – Task Cards – Digital Pixel Art – Math Tri-Folds – Dodecahedron Craft |
| MA.3.NSO.1.2 | Compose and decompose four-digit numbers in multiple ways using thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. Demonstrate each composition or decomposition using objects, drawings and expressions or equations. | – Dodecahedron Craft – Digital Pixel Art – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.3.NSO.1.3 | Plot, order and compare whole numbers up to 10,000. | – Task Cards – Digital Pixel Art – Interactive Slides |
| MA.3.NSO.1.4 | Round whole numbers from 0 to 1,000 to the nearest 10 or 100. | – Task Cards – Game Show – Interactive Slides – Journal Prompts |
Standard: MA.3.NSO.2 – Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers. Build an understanding of multiplication and division operations.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.NSO.2.1 | Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers including using a standard algorithm with procedural fluency. | – Task Cards – Interactive Slides – Digital Pixel Art – Math Sorts – Game Show – Math Mats – Practice Worksheets |
| MA.3.NSO.2.2 | Explore multiplication of two whole numbers with products from 0 to 144, and related division facts. | – Task Cards – Math Tri-Folds – Skill Checks – Multiplication Brochures – Building Arrays – Equal Groups – Interactive Slides |
| MA.3.NSO.2.3 | Multiply a one-digit whole number by a multiple of 10, up to 90, or a multiple of 100, up to 900, with procedural reliability. | – Task Cards – Digital Pixel Art – Interactive Slides – Game Show – Journal Prompts |
| MA.3.NSO.2.4 | Multiply two whole numbers from 0 to 12 and divide using related facts with procedural reliability. | – Task Cards – Math Tri-Folds – Skill Checks – Multiplication Brochures – Dodecahedron Craft – Interactive Slides – Math Cootie Catchers |
Strand: Algebraic Reasoning
Standard: MA.3.AR.1 – Solve multiplication and division problems.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.AR.1.1 | Apply the distributive property to multiply a one-digit number and two-digit number. Apply properties of multiplication to find a product of one-digit whole numbers. | – Math Tri-Folds – Task Cards – Interactive Slides – Math Sorts – Digital Pixel Art – Multiplication Brochures |
| MA.3.AR.1.2 | Solve one- and two-step real-world problems involving any of four operations with whole numbers. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Sorts |
Standard: MA.3.AR.2 – Develop an understanding of equality and multiplication and division.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.AR.2.1 | Restate a division problem as a missing factor problem using the relationship between multiplication and division. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks |
| MA.3.AR.2.2 | Determine and explain whether an equation involving multiplication or division is true or false. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Sorts – Math Skill Checks |
| MA.3.AR.2.3 | Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation, relating three whole numbers, with the unknown in any position. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Sorts – Math Skill Checks |
Standard: MA.3.AR.3 – Identify numerical patterns, including multiplicative patterns.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.AR.3.1 | Determine and explain whether a whole number from 1 to 1,000 is even or odd. | – Task Cards – Math Tri-Folds – Math Sorts |
| MA.3.AR.3.2 | Determine whether a whole number from 1 to 144 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. | – Task Cards – Math Tri-Folds – Math Sorts |
| MA.3.AR.3.3 | Identify, create and extend numerical patterns. | – Task Cards – Math Tri-Folds – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides |
Strand: Fractions
Standard: MA.3.FR.1 – Understand fractions as numbers and represent fractions.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.FR.1.1 | Represent and interpret unit fractions in the form 1/n as the quantity formed by one part when a whole is partitioned into n equal parts. | – Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Game Show |
| MA.3.FR.1.2 | Represent and interpret fractions, including fractions greater than one, in the form of m/n as the result of adding the unit fraction 1/n to itself m times. | – Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Game Show |
| MA.3.FR.1.3 | Read and write fractions, including fractions greater than one, using standard form, numeral-word form and word form. | – Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Game Show |
Standard: MA.3.FR.2 – Order and compare fractions and identify equivalent fractions.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.FR.2.1 | Compare fractional numbers with the same numerator or the same denominator. | – Task Cards – Math Sorts – Digital Pixel Art – Dodecahedron Craft – Interactive Slides – Game Show |
| MA.3.FR.2.1 | Plot, order and compare fractional numbers with the same numerator or the same denominator. | – Task Cards – Math Sorts – Dodecahedron Craft – Interactive Slides – Game Show |
| MA.3.FR.2.2 | Identify equivalent fractions and explain why they are equivalent. | – Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Dodecahedron Craft – Game Show |
Strand: Measurement
Standard: MA.3.M.1 – Measure attributes of objects and solve problems involving measurement.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.M.1.1 & MA.3.M.1.2 | Select and use appropriate tools to measure the length of an object. Solve real-world problems involving any of the four operations with whole-number lengths. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides |
| MA.3.M.1.1 & MA.3.M.1.2 | Select and use appropriate tools to measure the volume of a liquid. Solve real-world problems involving any of the four operations with whole-number liquid volumes. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides |
| MA.3.M.1.1 & MA.3.M.1.2 | Select and use appropriate tools to measure temperature. Solve real-world problems involving any of the four operations with whole-number temperatures. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Math Sorts |
| MA.3.M.1.2 | Solve real-world problems involving any of the four operations with whole-number masses. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Math Sorts |
Standard: MA.3.M.2 – Tell and write time and solve problems involving time.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.M.2.1 | Using analog and digital clocks tell and write time to the nearest minute using a.m. and p.m. appropriately. | – Task Cards – Game Show – Math Sorts – Math Lessons – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks |
| MA.3.M.2.2 | Solve one- and two-step real-world problems involving elapsed time. | – Dodecahedron Project – Game Show – Math Sorts – Digital Pixel Art – Interactive Slides – Math Lessons – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks |
Strand: Geometric Reasoning
Standard: MA.3.GR.1 – Describe and identify relationships between lines and classify quadrilaterals.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.GR.1.1 | Describe and draw points, lines, line segments, rays, intersecting lines, perpendicular lines and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures. | – Math Worksheets – Task Cards – Math Sorts – Game Show |
| MA.3.GR.1.2 | Identify and draw quadrilaterals based on their defining attributes. Quadrilaterals include parallelograms, rhombi, rectangles, squares and trapezoids. | – Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Dodecahedron Craft – Math Lessons – Game Show |
| MA.3.GR.1.3 | Draw line(s) of symmetry in a two-dimensional figure and identify line symmetric two-dimensional figures. | – Task Cards – Interactive Slides – Math Sorts – Math Sorts – Game Show |
Standard: MA.3.GR.2 – Solve problems involving the perimeter and area of rectangles.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.GR.2.1 | Explore area as an attribute of a two-dimensional figure by covering the figure with unit squares without gaps or overlaps. Find areas of rectangles by counting unit squares. | – Task Cards – Interactive Slides – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Math Sorts |
| MA.3.GR.2.2 | Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths using a visual model and a multiplication formula. | – Task Cards – Interactive Slides – Digital Pixel Art – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Math Sorts |
| MA.3.GR.2.3 | Solve mathematical and real-world problems involving the perimeter and area of rectangles with whole-number side lengths using a visual model and a formula. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Math Sorts – Math Lessons Perimeter: – Task Cards – Interactive Slides – Digital Pixel Art – Game Show Area: – Digital Pixel Art – Dodecahedron Craft |
| MA.3.GR.2.4 | Solve mathematical and real-world problems involving the perimeter and area of composite figures composed of non-overlapping rectangles with whole-number side lengths. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Math Sorts – Math Lessons Perimeter: – Dodecahedron Craft – Math Lessons Area: – Task Cards – Interactive Slides – Digital Pixel Art – Game Show |
Strand: Data Analysis & Probability
Standard: MA.3.DP.1 – Measure attributes of objects and solve problems involving measurement.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.3.DP.1.1 | Collect and represent numerical and categorical data with whole-number values using tables, scaled pictographs, scaled bar graphs or line plots. Use appropriate titles, labels and units. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Interactive Slides – Task Cards – Digital Pixel Art – Math Lessons |
| MA.3.DP.1.2 | Interpret data with whole-number values represented with tables, scaled pictographs, circle graphs, scaled bar graphs or line plots by solving one- and two-step problems. | – Math Tri-Folds – Math Skill Checks – Interactive Slides – Task Cards – Digital Pixel Art – Math Lessons |