The halacha is that we don't read less then three pesukim from a Torah in each aliyah. On days where we only take out one Sefer Torah when we must have three aliyahs- the total always adds up to at least ten, more than the minimal requirement. The lone exception to this is Purim morning when we read about the story of Amalek, the leining is split up into three aliyahs while each one gets exactly three pesukim.
On occasions when we take out a second Sefer Torah for a maftir, there must also be at least three pesukim read in the second Sefer Torah, but we always lein more than that. The lone exception to this is Shabbos Zachor when we read exactly three verses of the story of Amalek and not one more.
Is it a coincidence that the two times we read of Amalek are the two shortest leinings of the whole year?
You can read about Parshas Zachor here.
And about Parshas Tetzava here.
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