3rd Grade
3rd Grade
3rd Grade
3rd Grade
3rd Grade
100

The number of minutes in 1 hour

What is 60?

100

What is the meaning of the idiom "Hold your horses"?

To hold your horses means to be patient.

100

What is an action word?

A verb is an action word.

100

Number of dimes to make 30 cents.

What is 3?

100

What it is called when a shape is divided into 3 equal pieces

What is thirds?

200

What is the part of speech that describes a noun?

An adjective describes a noun.

200

The product of zero and any number

What is zero?

200

300 + 60 + 5

What is 365?

200

Name one or more helping verbs.

Am, is, are, was, were, being, been, be, do, does, did, has, have, had, might, may, must, will, shall, would, could, should, can are all helping verbs.

200

What is another name for an interrogative?

A question is also called an interrogative.

300

Name the figurative language used in this sentence: I only ever wear wellies when rain is whapping at my feet.

Alliteration, hyperbole, personification, and onomatopoeia were used.

300

The number being skip counted by in the pattern:

10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40

What is 5's?

300

True or false: The leaves danced in the wind is an example of alliteration.

False.  The leaves danced in the wind is an example of personification.

300

True or false: area is the inside measurement of a closed shape.

True.  Area is the inside measurement of a closed shape.  Perimeter is the outside measurement.

300

5 ones, 5 hundreds and 12 tens

What is 625?

400

The inverse of addition

Subtraction

400

What is an extreme exaggeration called?

Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration.

400

2 quarters and 2 dimes

What is 50 cents? 

400

Number of sides in a quadrilateral.

What is four?

400

Name a possessive pronoun.

His, hers, theirs, mine, ours are all examples of possessive pronouns.

500

The total number of cookies in 5 groups of 12 cookies

What is 60?

500

Name transitional words and phrases in paragraph form.

Some transitional words and phrases include first, next, last, also, then, and in conclusion.

500

What is the purpose of an affix (prefix or suffix). Give an example of an affix.

An affix is used to change the meaning of a word.  An example is re, meaning to do something again.

500

Shape with 8 sides.

What is an octagon?

500
Explain the acronym PIE as related to an author's purpose.

P means to persuade.  I means to inform.  And E means to entertain.  These words describe why an author wrote a text.