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Saxon Math 3

Saxon Math 3 covers skip-counting; identifying ordinal positions; adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers; dividing by single-digit divisors; adding positive and negative numbers; adding and subtracting fractions; plus measurements, mass, function rules, coordinate graphs, angles, and lines of symmetry. (140 Lessons)

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What Saxon Math 3 Covers

  • Skip-counting and ordinal positions
  • Adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers
  • Dividing by single-digit divisors
  • Adding positive and negative numbers
  • Adding and subtracting fractions
  • Measurement, mass, and function rules
  • Coordinate graphs, angles, and symmetry

Saxon Math 3 Table of Contents

The full lesson-by-lesson scope and sequence for Saxon Math 3, so you know exactly what your student will learn before you start.

140 lessons

  • Lesson 1·Telling Time to the Hour

  • Lesson 2·Graphing Data on a Bar Graph

  • Lesson 3·Reading a Graph/Addition Facts - Doubles to 18

  • Lesson 4·Telling Time to the Half Hour/Addition Facts - Adding One, Adding Zero

  • Lesson 5·Using a Ruler to the Nearest Inch

  • Lesson 6·Identifying and Measuring the Length and Width of a Rectangle

  • Lesson 7·Ordering Numbers to 100

  • Lesson 8·Addition Facts-Adding Two

  • Lesson 9·Identifying Even and Odd Numbers Identifying and Acting Out Some, Some More Stories

  • Lesson 10·Identifying the Relative Worth of Pattern Blocks

  • Lesson 11·Dividing Squares into Two and Four Equal Parts

  • Lesson 12·Counting Dimes and Nickels to $1.00

  • Lesson 13·Addition Facts - Doubles Plus One

  • Lesson 14·Identifying and Acting Out Some, Some Went Away Stories

  • Lesson 15·Adding Ten to a Two-Digit Number

  • Lesson 16·Drawing Pictures and Writing and Writing Numbers Sentences for Some, Some More and Some, Some Went Away Stories

  • Lesson 17·Dividing Squares into Two, Four, and Eight Equal Parts/Shading Halves, Fourths, and Eighths

  • Lesson 18·Addition Facts - Sums of Ten

  • Lesson 19·Reading a Thermometer to the Nearest Ten/Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Ten/Drawing Congruent Line Segments

  • Lesson 20·Making a Pattern Block Design with a Given Value

  • Lesson 21·Rounding to the Nearest Ten/Subtraction Facts - Subtracting One

  • Lesson 22·Dividing a Square into Three Equal Parts Identifying and Shading Thirds Identifying Common Geometric Shapes

  • Lesson 23·Rewriting Numbers by Regrouping Tens and Ones Trading Dimes and Pennies

  • Lesson 24·Identifying the Meaning of the Multiplication Sign Counting by 7's

  • Lesson 25·Subtracting Ten from a Two-Digit Number

  • Lesson 26·Identifying a Dozen and a Half Dozen Writing Fractions Using the Fraction Bar

  • Lesson 27·Counting Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies Addition Facts-Adding Nine

  • Lesson 28·Writing Money Amounts Using the c and $ Symbols

  • Lesson 29·Reading and Shading a Thermometer to the Nearest Two Degrees

  • Lesson 30·Identifying Addition Fact Patterns

  • Lesson 31·Addition Facts - The Last Eight Facts/Multiplying by Ten

  • Lesson 32·Constructing a Number Line

  • Lesson 33·Writing Fraction Number Sentences that Equal One

  • Lesson 34·Using a Ruler to Measure to the to the Nearest Centimeter/Adding Multiples of Ten

  • Lesson 35·Drawing Congruent Line Segments Using Centimeters

  • Lesson 36·Adding Multiples of Ten to a Number

  • Lesson 37·Writing Number Sentences for Some, Some More and Some, Some Went Away Stories

  • Lesson 38·Finding Half of a Set of Objects/Subtracting Half of a Double

  • Lesson 39·Counting Quarters/Subtraction Facts - Subtracting Zero and Differences of Zero

  • Lesson 40·Tallying/Collecting Data

  • Lesson 41·Identifying a.m. and p.m./Identifying Missing Digits

  • Lesson 42·Reading a Thermometer to the Nearest Degree/Identifying the Freezing and Boiling Points of Water on the Fahrenheit Scale/Identifying Normal Body Temperature on the Fahrenheit Scale/Subtraction Facts - Differences of One

  • Lesson 43·Identifying Horizontal, Vertical, and Oblique Line Segments

  • Lesson 44·Adding Multiples of 100

  • Lesson 45·Adding Three or More Single - Digit Numbers

  • Lesson 46·Multiplying by Seven/Naming and Drawing Line Segments

  • Lesson 47·Identifying and Solving Equal Groups Stories

  • Lesson 48·Multiplying by One/Writing Division Problems Three Ways/Dividing by One and Ten

  • Lesson 49·Finding Perimeter

  • Lesson 50·Making Shapes with a Given Area

  • Lesson 51·Graphing Using a Scale of Ten

  • Lesson 52·Estimating the Volume of Containers/Ordering Containers by Volume/Identifying One-Cup Liquid Measure

  • Lesson 53·Identifying Cup, Pint, Quart, Half Gallon, Gallon, and Liter Containers

  • Lesson 54·Telling and Showing Time to Five Minute Intervals

  • Lesson 55·Measuring and Drawing Line Segments to the Nearest Half Inch

  • Lesson 56·Reading Number to 999

  • Lesson 57·Creating a Pictograph

  • Lesson 58·Using the Comparison Symbols >, <, and =

  • Lesson 59·Multiplying by Two

  • Lesson 60·Locating Information on a Map

  • Lesson 61·Writing a Part of a Set as a Fraction

  • Lesson 62·Identifying Hundreds, Tens, and Ones

  • Lesson 63·Measuring with Cups, Tablespoons, and Teaspoons/Reading a Recipe

  • Lesson 64·Subtracting Multiples of 10 and 100

  • Lesson 65·Identifying the Missing Addend in a Some, Some More Story

  • Lesson 66·Following a Recipe and Measuring.

  • Lesson 67·Square Numbers/Identifying Perfect Squares

  • Lesson 68·Showing Fractional Amounts Greater Than One Writing the Sizes of the Pattern Block Pieces Using Fractions

  • Lesson 69·Adding Two Digit Numbers Using Mental Computation

  • Lesson 70·Reading a Chart/Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Ten/ Creating a Bar Graph

  • Lesson 71·Writing Three-Digit Numbers Using Digits

  • Lesson 72·Identifying Ordinal Position to Twentieth Multiplying by Five

  • Lesson 73·Writing Numbers to 100 Using Words

  • Lesson 74·Measuring to the Nearest Millimeter

  • Lesson 75·Multiplying by Four

  • Lesson 76·Drawing a Line Graph

  • Lesson 77·Reading and Writing Money Amounts to $100/Writing Checks

  • Lesson 78·Writing the Date Using Digits/Subtracting Nine from a Number

  • Lesson 79·Finding Square Roots of Perfect Squares

  • Lesson 80·Making Reasonable Predictions by Collecting and Analyzing Data

  • Lesson 81·Adding Two- and Three-Digit Numbers

  • Lesson 82·Writing Numbers to 999 Using Words/Subtraction Facts - Differences of Nine

  • Lesson 83·Identifying the Number of Days in Each Month/Identifying the Number of Days in a Year

  • Lesson 84·Selecting Coins for a Given Amount

  • Lesson 85·Multiplying by Eight

  • Lesson 86·Adding Money Amounts (Decimals)

  • Lesson 87·Subtraction Facts - The Last Sixteen Facts

  • Lesson 88·Reading the Temperature on a Celsius Scale

  • Lesson 89·Finding a Fractional Part of a Set Determining Age

  • Lesson 90·Identifying Compass Directions on a Map

  • Lesson 91·Addition with Three Addends

  • Lesson 92·Measuring and Drawing Line Segments to the Nearest Quarter Inch

  • Lesson 93·Telling Time to the Minute

  • Lesson 94·Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers

  • Lesson 95·Multiplying by Three and Six

  • Lesson 96·Estimating and Measuring Distance Using Feet/Estimating and Measuring Distance Using Yards

  • Lesson 97·Subtracting Two-and Three-Digit Numbers

  • Lesson 98·Subtracting Two-and Three-Digit Numbers

  • Lesson 99·Writing Three-Digit Numbers in Expanding Form

  • Lesson 100·Recording Growth on a Line Graph

  • Lesson 101·Reading and Writing Numbers to 99,999/Multiplying Numbers by 1,000

  • Lesson 102·Adding Money Amounts to $99,999.99/Writing Checks for Money Amounts to $99,99.99

  • Lesson 103·Telling Time to the Quarter Hour

  • Lesson 104·Subtracting Across Zeros

  • Lesson 105·Multiplying by Nine

  • Lesson 106·Finding the Missing Addend for Sums of 100

  • Lesson 107·Making Change from $1.00

  • Lesson 108·Finding the Area of a Rectangle

  • Lesson 109·Identifying and Solving Larger, Smaller, Difference Problems

  • Lesson 110·Identifying Multiplication Fact Patterns on the Hundred Number Chart

  • Lesson 111·Multiplying a Multiple of 10, 100, or 1,000 by a Single-Digit Number

  • Lesson 112·Locating Negative Numbers on a Number Line

  • Lesson 113·Multiplying a Single-Digit Number Times a Multi-Digit Number Using the Expanded Form of a Number

  • Lesson 114·Finding a Missing Dimension of a Rectangle

  • Lesson 115·Acting Out Division Stories

  • Lesson 116·Dividing by Two, Five, and Seven

  • Lesson 117·Showing Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication on a number Line

  • Lesson 118·Identifying Parallel Lines and Line Segments

  • Lesson 119·Identifying a Function Rule

  • Lesson 120·Identifying the Factors of a Number/Identifying Prime Numbers Less Than 20

  • Lesson 121·Multiplying Using the Multiplication Algorithm

  • Lesson 122·Dividing by Four and Eight

  • Lesson 123·Identifying Perpendicular Lines and Line Segments

  • Lesson 124·Determining the Appropriate Unit of Weight (Ounces, Pounds, or Tons)

  • Lesson 125·Dividing by Three, Six, and Nine

  • Lesson 126·Division with Remainders

  • Lesson 127·Identifying Right, Acute, and Obtuse Angles

  • Lesson 128·Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Common Denominators

  • Lesson 129·Dividing by a Two-Digit Number by a One-Digit Number with a Quotient Greater Than 10

  • Lesson 130·Using a Scale to Find Distance on a Map

  • Lesson 131·Reading the Time as Minutes Before the Hour

  • Lesson 132·Simplifying Expressions with Exponents/Multiplying Three or More Factors

  • Lesson 133·Identifying Lines of Symmetry

  • Lesson 134·Dividing a Three-Digit Number by a One-Digit Number

  • Lesson 135·Simplifying Expressions with Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division

  • Lesson 136·Adding Positive and Negative Numbers

  • Lesson 137·Ordering Unit Fractions

  • Lesson 138·Simplifying an Expression Containing Parentheses

  • Lesson 139·Creating a Coordinate Plane/Identifying the Location of a Point on a Coordinate Plane

  • Lesson 140·Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane

Textbooks You'll Need for Saxon Math 3

You supply your own textbooks; Nicole the Math Lady provides the video lessons, grading, and support (The Math Pass). Here are the materials and where to buy them.

Saxon Math 3 Home Study Kit cover

Saxon Math 3 Home Study Kit

Saxon Math 3 Home Study Teacher’s Edition, 1st Edition cover

Saxon Math 3 Home Study Teacher’s Edition, 1st Edition

Saxon Math 3 Student Workbook Set with Cards, 1st Edition cover

Saxon Math 3 Student Workbook Set with Cards, 1st Edition

Saxon Math 3 Meeting Book cover

Saxon Math 3 Meeting Book

Saxon Mathematics Homeschool Manipulatives Kit cover

Saxon Mathematics Homeschool Manipulatives Kit

Saxon Math by Level

Saxon Math 3 — Common Questions

Saxon Math 3 covers skip-counting; identifying ordinal positions; adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers; dividing by single-digit divisors; adding positive and negative numbers; adding and subtracting fractions; plus measurements, mass, function rules, coordinate graphs, angles, and lines of symmetry. (140 Lessons)
Saxon Math 3 is designed for students working at roughly a 3rd Grade level, but placement is based on mastered skills rather than age. The most reliable way to confirm the right starting point is to take the free placement test.
Most students complete Saxon Math 3 in one school year at a pace of about four to five lessons per week. You can move faster or slower — the program is self-paced, so spend extra time on tougher topics and move quickly through ones your student already knows.
Our video lessons and online grading follow the Saxon Math 3 1st edition, and the exact materials are listed above with links to buy them. A Homeschool Kit bundles the student textbook, tests, and solutions; you can also purchase those components separately.

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