3rd Grade
Skills
Skills
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?
George Washington become the first president of the United States in 1789.
A. becomed
B. became
C. becames
D. No change
Which fraction have the same value as 0.6?
A. 6/100
B. 60/1000
C. 6/10
D. 60/100
E. 600/1000
C. 6/10
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?
instrucshuns
M. instructsions P. instrucshions
R. instructions S. No change
R. instructions
He began drawing pictures when he were a young boy.
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?
A. is B. was C. am D. No change
B. was
“Whatever you want to,” was the reply. Turning the pages, Heidi found a song about the sun, and decided to read that aloud. More and more eagerly she read, while the grandmother, with folded arms, sat in her chair.
A. in an excited way B. with a quiet voice
C. at a hurried pace D. in a shy tone
A. in an excited way
Here is an equation.
9 × ? = 54
What number makes the equation true?
6
Which expression can be represented by an array that has 16 columns and 12 rows?
A. 16 + 12. B. 16 × 12 C. 16 − 12. D. 16 ÷ 12
B. 16 x 12
What is 728 52 ÷ ?
A. 14 B. 4 C. 11 D. 15
A. 14
recieved
A. receved B. reseeved C. received D. No change
C. received
At an elevation of 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest mountain in the park, there is a paved road that leads to a parking lot at the top of Clingmans Dome.
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?
A. park there B. park. There
C. park and there D. No change
B. park. There
Here is a number rounded to the nearest 100.
600
Which of these could be the original number?
A. 527 B. 550 C. 650. D. 681
B. 550
My heart was raced as I tried to make a choice. The flashes of light and the loud thunder made me long for the safety of home.
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text? was raced
M. was races P. was race R. was racing. S. No change
R. was racing
What did he do? He called forth two of the most famous artists in all the land, and he bade each artist to paint one wall of a room in the palace. Between the artists he hung a dark curtain, so that neither one could see what the other was doing.
What is the meaning of the word bade in paragraph 26?
A. told B. paid C. wanted D. suggested
A. told
The jobs available to black workers were limited. They did not have the freedom to live anywhere they wanted. Black Americans faced discrimination in almost every aspect of their lives. They were treated like second-class citizens.
What does the word aspect mean as it is used in the paragraph?
M. view P. part R. direction S. appearance
P. part
It was 1820 before his long-distance ice business became profitable.) Eventually, people learned that dry sawdust — spread between and around blocks of ice — was the best insulation. (Wet sawdust could be dried, then reused.) At lumber mills, sawdust had been worthless waste. Thanks to the growing ice business, it became a valuable commodity.
What is the meaning of the word commodity?
A. an item created from rare materials
B. a process intended to save time or money
C. a product that is bought or sold
D. an improvement to an existing design
C. a product that is bought or sold
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?
Birds’ feathers are very lite because they have hollow centers.
A. lit
B. liet
C. light
D. No change
C. light
Here are the numbers of green, blue, and red pieces in a game.
• 6 green pieces. • 18 blue pieces. • 24 red pieces
Which sentence about the numbers of pieces in the game is true?
A. There are 3 times as many green pieces as blue pieces.
B. There are 6 times as many red pieces as blue pieces.
C. There are 4 times as many red pieces as green pieces.
C. There are 4 times as many red pieces as green pieces.
What is 3/5 + 1/6 =?
A. 4/11 B. 2/15 C. 13/30 D. 23/30
D. 23/30
Select the two correct answers.
A. −28° F B. 28° F C. 0° F
D. −17° F E. 17° F
B. 28° F and E. 17° F
Use calculator.
Levi read 4 1/2 books in 2 1/4 months over the summer. What is Levi’s reading rate in books per month?
A. 2
B. 2 1/4
C. 6 3/4
D. 10 1/4
A. 2
Jorge has 27 seeds and 9 flower pots. He plants the same number of seeds in each flower pot.
Which expression shows how many seeds Jorge plants in each flower pot?
A. 27+ 9 B. 27 - 9 C. 27 x 9. D. 27 ÷ 9
D. 27 ÷ 9
What is the correct way to divide the word microwave into syllables?
A. micro/wave B. mic/ro/wave C. mi/cro/wa/ve
D. mi/cro/wave
D. mi/cro/wave
What is the value of this expression?
(5 + 3) x (4 - 2) =
A. 11 B. 15 C. 16 D. 30
C. 16
Which expression represents the distance the fish swims in x hours?
A. x + 12 B. x−12 C. 12x D. x/12
C. 12x
Alan is saving to buy a computer that costs $2,106. Alan has saved 30% of the total cost.
About how much more money does Alan need in order to buy the computer?
A. $200 B. $600 C. $1,500 D. $1,800
C. $1,500