3rd and 4th Grade PSSA Prep Rally

3rd Grade Math

100

What is a 6 sided figure called?

Hexagon

200

You are building a rectangular garden. It’s side lengths are 5 feet and 7 feet.  What is the AREA of the garden?

35 square feet

300

 You are building a rectangular garden. It’s side lengths are 5 feet and 7 feet.  What is the PERIMETER of the garden?

24 feet

400

The library has 4 shelves of books.  There are 8 books on each shelf.  How many books are there?

32 books

500

Name another shape that would be in the same category as a rhombus and trapezoid?

Possible answers: square, parallelogram, rectangle

3rd Grade Reading

100

Read the sentence. 

On Saturday, we thought the grass looked really tall.

     Which word describes the grass?

1. Thought

2. Looked

3. Really

4. Tall

-Tall

200

Read the sentence.

    The boy was a fierce competitor and runner.  He bolted like lightning out of the gate.

    What is the meaning of the phrase “bolted like lightning”?

1. The boy is supernatural.

2. The boy looked like lightning.

3. The boy likes the weather.

4. The boy started the race really quickly.

The boy started the race really quickly.

300

Read the sentence.

    The girl ran as fast as a cheetah during recess.

    Why does the author compare the girl to a cheetah?

1. She has spots all over her body.

2. She lives in the jungle.

3. She is very quick.

4. She is really fierce.

She is very quick.

400

We listened as Mary explained her ________ about how long we should practice for the program.

     Which word BEST completes the sentence?

1. Liberty

2. Mood

3. Opinion

4. Opportunity

Opinion

500

Read the paragraph.

    A frog lives in my neighbor’s pond.  Yesterday, I watched it jump into the water.  It made a small splash.  Tomorrow, I take my brother to the pong to show him the frog.

     Which verb is used incorrectly?

1. Lives

2. Watched

3. Made

4. Take

Take

4th Grade Math

100

1. Tanya has to make five scarves for her friends.  Each scarf needs 6/8 of a yard of fabric.  How many yards of fabric does she need?    

   1. 35/8

   2. 3 and 6/8

   3. 8/30

   4. 30/40

3 and 6/8

200

1. A football team scored a total of 432 points during the season.  This was 6 times the number of points scored in the first game.  How many points were scored during the first game?

   1. 72

   2. 54

   3. 2,592

   4. 1,728

72

300

1. The school cafeteria started serving lunch at 11:02am.  They finished at 12:34pm.  How long did the lunch period last?

   1. 1 hour 34 minutes

   2. 1 hour 30 minutes

   3. 1 hour 32 minutes 

   4. 1 hour 36 minutes 

1 hour and 32 minutes

400

1. In Ming’s garden, 6/10 of the plants are cucumber plants and 16/100 of the plants are tomatoes.  Which decimal is equal to the fraction of plants in Ming’s garden that are either cucumber or tomato?

   1. 22/100

   2. 22/10

   3. 76/100

   4. 76/10

76/100

500

1. Katerina has two pieces of wood. One is 4/100  meter long. The other is 6/10 meter long. Which statement correctly compares the two lengths when written as decimals?

   1. 0.4 > 0.6

   2. 0.4 < 0.6

   3. 0.04 > 0.6

   4. 0.04 < 0.6

0.04<0.6

4th Grade Reading

100

1. The clouds rolled in like a freight train is an example of what type of figurative language? 

2. Simile

3. Metaphor

4. Personification

5. alliteration

Simile

200

The lesson the author wants you to learn by analyzing the character and how they solved the problem is called the ________? 

1. Conflict

2. Resolution

3. Point of View

4. Theme

Theme

300

When the speaker or narrator telling the story was there and reveals their feelings, what point of view is the text told in? 

1. Second Person Point of View

2. Third Person Point of View

3. First Person Point of View

4. Character

First Person Point of View

400

If an author writes a text and shows how two things are alike and different, what text organization is he/she using?

1. Chronological Order

2. Cause and Effect

3. Compare and Contrast 

4. Problem and Solution

Compare and Contrast

500

. Which pair of words are antonyms?

1. Giant and Huge

2. Happy and Glad

3. Day and Night

4. Walk and Pass

Day and Night

4th Grade Science

100

1. Which statement best describes the sun-earth-moon system?   

2. 
   

   1. Earth orbits both the sun and the moon.

   2. Earth orbits the moon, and the Sun orbits the Earth.

   3. The moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth orbits the Sun.

   4. The Sun orbits the Earth, and the moon orbits the Sun.

The moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth orbits the Sun.

200

1. Joey watched low cumulus clouds grow and stretch high into the sky to become dark cumulus clouds. Which type of weather will most likely happen on this day?
   1. Light wind

2. light wind
   
   3. Bright and sunny
   4. Hail and lightning.

Hail and Lightning

300

1. A student wants to measure the depth of each snowfall in January.  Which tools are most helpful for gathering and recording the data?

   1.  shovel and calculator

   2.  beaker and stopwatch

   3. meter stick and calendar

Meter stick and calender