House of Hundreds – II opens with the witty story of Birbal telling Emperor Akbar there are exactly 963 crows in the city, introducing numbers from 500 right up to 999. Through number lines, Tambola grids, skip-counting jumps and Number Detective riddles, students master reading, writing, ordering and patterning all 3-digit numbers.
What Class 3 Mathematics Chapter 9 Covers
Numbers from 500 to 999: Counting and writing 3-digit numbers in figures, words and expanded H-T-O form
Locating Numbers on Number Lines: Placing numbers like 530, 675 and 890 accurately on scaled number lines
Skip Counting and Tambola: Jumping by 2s, 5s, 10s, 20s, 50s and 100s forward and backward
The Number Detective: Solving digit-clue riddles and discovering patterns in 3-digit numbers
Exercises in Chapter 9
- Let us Do & Let us Think (Pages 118–122): Write 3-digit numbers from blocks, locate numbers on the number line and play the Tambola number game.
- Skip and Solve & Number Detective (Pages 122–127): Complete skip-counting chains and solve the Number Detective digit puzzles.
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FAQ
What is the largest 3-digit number and what comes after it?
The largest 3-digit number is 999, and adding 1 to 999 gives 1000.
How many hundreds, tens and ones are in 963?
963 has 9 hundreds, 6 tens and 3 ones (900 + 60 + 3).