Skip to content
Start free
Start My 3 Free Days $0 today · cancel anytime

3rd Grade Addition Songs

32 3rd grade addition songs. Teacher favorites: Adding 1 Song (Lyric Music Video) and Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection). How teachers use these

3rd Grade Addition Songs

32 3rd grade addition songs. Teacher favorites: Adding 1 Song (Lyric Music Video) and Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection). How teachers use these

Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 1 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 1 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 1 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 1.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding Songs (Lyric Video Collection)

Use the Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection) to practice adding and addition facts by singing and adding these 15 addition songs. Great for addition facts!

3rd GradeMathAdditionBundles
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 10 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 10 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 10 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 10.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 8 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 8 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 8 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 8.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 9 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 9 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 9 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 9.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 3 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 3 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 3 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 3.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 14 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 14 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 14 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 14.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 12 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 12 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 12 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 12.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 11 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 11 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 11 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 11.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 6 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 6 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 6 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 6.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 5 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 5 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 5 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 5.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 15 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 15 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 15 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 15.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 1 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 1 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 1 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 1.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 15 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 15 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 15 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 15.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 7 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 7 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 7 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 7.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding Songs (MP3 Album)

Using the Adding Songs (MP3 Album), practice adding and addition facts by singing and adding these 15 addition songs. Great for memorizing addition facts!

3rd GradeMathAdditionBundles
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 9 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 9 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 9 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 9.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 4 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 4 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 4 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 4.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 8 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 8 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 8 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 8.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
Song
Song3rd GradeAdding 12 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 12 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 12 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 12.

3rd GradeMathAdditionSongs
From our teachers' playbook

Bigger numbers, braver mathematicians

What do 3rd graders learn about addition?

Third grade is when addition grows up! Kids add fluently within 1,000, regrouping across the ones and the tens: 486 + 257 = 743. They use place value strategies, round to the nearest ten or hundred to estimate, and check whether an answer makes sense. They also tackle two-step word problems with money, measurement and graphs. The click comes when kids estimate first, say "about 750," and then catch their own mistakes before you do.

Our go-to moves for 3rd grade addition

Regrouping across two places trips up lots of third graders. These moves keep it concrete and keep it coming back.

Trade it with base-ten blocks

Build both numbers with blocks, push them together, and make every trade out loud: "Twelve ones? Trade ten for a rod!" Do it once with blocks, then once with quick sketches, then on paper. Kids who can show the trade rarely forget to carry.

Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.

Triple Digit Addition Regrouping WorksheetTry it withTriple Digit Addition Regrouping WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →

Estimate first, then talk it out

Before anyone solves, ask "About how much?" and take three guesses. After solving, partners explain whether the real answer is close to the estimate. That one habit catches more careless errors than any reteach.

Why it works: using clear, consistent math words out loud is one of the U.S. Department of Education's recommendations for elementary math.

Adding and Estimation WorksheetTry it withAdding and Estimation WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →

Sing the facts warm

Big addition falls apart when single-digit facts are shaky. Start math with one adding song a day. Two minutes of singing gets those facts automatic so kids can spend their brainpower on regrouping.

Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).

Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection)Try it withAdding Songs (Lyric Video Collection)SongsOpen it →

Make it feel like play

Real-world addition is the best kind. Kids light up when the numbers buy something.

Snack Bar Money WorksheetWorksheets

Snack bar shopping

Kids order from a snack bar menu and add up the bill. Let them play cashier for each other!

Open Snack Bar Money Worksheet →True Math Sentences WorksheetWorksheets

True or false?

Give number sentences like 345 + 120 = 465 and let kids vote true or false, then prove it.

Open True Math Sentences Worksheet →Find the Total Price WorksheetWorksheets

Price it out

Total the prices on a picture shopping list, then see who stayed under budget.

Open Find the Total Price Worksheet →

What's on this page

32 Songs

Teacher favorites right now: Adding 1 Song (Lyric Music Video), Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection) and Adding 10 Song (Lyric Music Video).

3rd grade addition questions

What addition should a 3rd grader know?

Third graders should add within 1,000 fluently, including regrouping in the ones and tens places. They should also round to estimate and solve two-step word problems. Single-digit facts should be automatic by now.

How do I help my child with regrouping in 3rd grade?

Use something they can trade, like pennies and dimes or bundled straws. When the ones add up to ten or more, physically trade ten ones for one ten. Once the trade makes sense, the written carry makes sense too.

Why do 3rd graders estimate before adding?

Estimating gives kids a target to check against. If 298 + 405 comes out as 603, an estimate of about 700 tells them something went wrong. It builds number sense, not just steps.

How can I practice 3-digit addition at home?

Add up grocery receipts, compare sports scores, or plan a pretend shopping trip with a budget. A few real problems a day beats a long worksheet session. Printable worksheets help when you want quick, focused practice.

Keep exploring

3rd Grade Addition Resources3rd Grade Math ResourcesAddition Resources2nd Grade Addition Resources4th Grade Addition Resources

Written by the Have Fun Teaching team of elementary teachers and homeschoolers. Research: U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse (2021). Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades. Wallace, W. T. (1994). Memory for music: Effect of melody on recall of text. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20(6).