North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests Mathematics Grade 3

1.Workers at the oyster dock had 418 baskets and then received 367 more baskets, which gives what total?

2.A keeper walking down from the lantern counted 600 lighthouse steps and had already come down 248 of them, so how many steps remain?

3.Nine rows of thread cross a textile loom, and each row uses 40 threads, so how many threads is that altogether?

4.Harbor workers split 72 oyster baskets into 8 equal piles, and each pile contains how many baskets?

5.Seedlings cover 5 of the 6 equal parts of a school garden bed, which names what fraction of the bed?

6.The school garden plot is a rectangle 8 feet long and 7 feet wide, so what is its area in square feet?

7.A wooden border around a library shelf panel forms a rectangle 7 inches long and 5 inches wide, so what is the perimeter in inches?

8.A lighthouse watch that started at 4:10 ended at 4:55 the same afternoon, so how many minutes passed?

9.Reading the textile loom counter, someone sees 3 thousands, 4 hundreds, 2 tens, and 6 ones, which is what number?

10.Looking at the harbor tally 5,083, which digit is in the hundreds place?

11.On the library shelf label 2,714, the digit 7 stands for which value?

12.Painted on a ridge trail marker, the sum 1,000 + 80 + 5 names which whole number?

13.Written in the ferry slip log as 6 hundreds, 0 tens, and 9 ones, the count equals what number?

14.Shown on a school garden tag, the number 4,530 has its digit 4 in which place?

15.Comparing two oyster boats, one landed 847 baskets and the other landed 874 baskets, so which count is greater?

16.Among the textile loom tickets 2,615, 2,651, and 2,156, which number is the least?

17.Ordering the harbor tally numbers 390, 309, and 339 from least to greatest gives which list?

18.Checking two library shelves, shelf A holds 1,208 books and shelf B holds 1,280 books, so which statement is true?

19.A ridge trail sign must show a number greater than 450 and less than 460, so which number can be on the sign?

20.Bean plants in the school garden number 64, and rounding that count to the nearest 10 gives what number?

21.Scarves leaving the textile loom totaled 352, and the nearest 100 to that total is what number?

22.Visitors who climbed 275 lighthouse steps round the climb to the nearest 10, which gives what number?

23.An oyster basket total of 418, rounded to the nearest 100, is what number?

24.Buoys in the harbor tally number 839, and the nearest hundred is what number?

25.Books counted on one library shelf number 246, and rounding to the nearest 10 gives what number?

26.Stones counted along the ridge trail came to 671, and the nearest 100 is what number?

27.During one shift the textile loom used 256 red threads and 178 blue threads, so how many threads were used?

28.Planting day at the school garden put 145 carrots and 286 radishes in the ground, so how many plants is that?

29.Morning traffic at the ferry slip was 509 passengers, and 274 more came after noon, so what is the combined count?

30.Hikers on the ridge trail walked 327 yards before lunch and 486 yards after lunch, so how many yards did they walk?

31.A library shelf that already held 458 chapter books gained 192 picture books, so how many books are on it now?

32.Repair crews fixed 263 lighthouse steps and later fixed 378 more steps, so how many steps did they fix?

33.Crab pots recorded in the harbor tally were 298, and 615 more were added, so what is the new total?

34.An oyster shed held 503 baskets before 267 were sold, so how many baskets remain?

35.After a blanket used 485 of the textile loom's 720 spools, how many spools were left?

36.Once 346 of the school garden's 800 seeds were planted, how many seeds stayed in the packet?

37.Already aboard the ferry are 278 of the 641 cars at the slip, so how many cars are still waiting?

38.After 457 labels were used from 900 labels on a library shelf, how many labels remain?

39.The class has 379 meters done on the 852-meter ridge trail, so how many meters remain to the overlook?

40.Tomato plants fill 7 school garden rows with 6 plants in every row, so how many plants is that?

41.Knots tied on the textile loom come 8 to a stripe across 9 stripes, so how many knots are tied?

42.Baskets fill 8 library shelf sections with 4 baskets in each section, so how many baskets is that?

43.Riders can sit 5 to a bench on 6 ferry slip benches, so how many riders is that?

44.Panes of glass fill 9 lighthouse windows with 3 panes in each window, so how many panes is that?

45.Shells packed 7 to a crate fill 7 oyster crates, so how many shells are packed?

46.Boats listed 8 to a row fill 6 rows of the harbor tally chart, so how many boats are listed?

47.Seedlings sit 30 to a tray on 6 school garden trays, so how many seedlings is that?

48.Cars can wait 50 to a lane in 4 open ferry slip lanes, so how many cars is that?

49.Magazines stand in 7 library shelf stacks with 20 magazines in each stack, so how many magazines is that?

50.Spare bulbs fill 3 lighthouse cabinets with 80 bulbs in each cabinet, so how many bulbs are stored?

51.Baskets ride 60 to a cart on 5 oyster carts, so how many baskets are the carts carrying?

52.Separating 56 textile loom bobbins into 7 equal groups puts how many bobbins in each group?

53.If 36 school garden peppers are shared fairly among 4 baskets, each basket gets how many peppers?

54.Life vests at the ferry slip, 45 in all, stand in 5 stacks of the same size, and each stack has how many vests?

55.Each of 9 library shelves receives the same number of books when 63 picture books are divided, and that number is what?

56.Markers for the ridge trail, 48 of them, go into 6 packs of the same size, so each pack holds how many markers?

57.A keeper sorts lighthouse flags by making 3 equal bunches from 24 flags, and each bunch contains how many flags?

58.Crates from the harbor tally, 54 of them, are loaded so that 6 boats each get the same number, and that number is what?

59.Blue dye colors 3 equal parts of a textile loom cloth folded into 4 equal parts, so what fraction is blue?

60.Green paint fills 5 equal stripes on a library shelf end divided into 8 equal stripes, so what fraction is green?

61.Rope lies across 2 equal sections of a ferry slip dock marked into 3 equal sections, so what fraction has rope?

62.An open panel is 1 of the 2 equal panels on a lighthouse door, so what fraction of the door is open?

63.Large oysters fill only 3 baskets in a row of 8 oyster baskets, so what fraction of the row is that?

64.Herb plants grow in 7 pots out of 10 pots on the school garden bench, so what fraction of the pots have herbs?

65.Red flags are 2 of the 5 flags the ridge trail crew carries, so what fraction of the flags is red?

66.Sailboats account for 4 boats in a harbor tally of 6 boats, so what fraction of the boats are sailboats?

67.Gold thread is wound on 1 spool out of 9 spools by the textile loom, so what fraction of the spools is gold?

68.Fullness of two equal library shelves is 2/8 on one shelf and 5/8 on the other, so which fraction is greater?

69.Flower coverage is 3/6 on one school garden plot and 4/6 on an equal plot, so which fraction is more?

70.Shading on two equal ferry slip boards is 1/4 and 3/4, so which fraction is the smaller amount of shading?

71.Fog on two equal lighthouse windows covers 2/5 of one and 4/5 of the other, so which fraction is larger?

72.Matching oyster baskets are 5/10 full and 7/10 full, so which comparison is correct?

73.Thread spread across a textile loom mat covers a rectangle 9 feet long and 4 feet wide, so what is the area in square feet?

74.Cardboard behind a library shelf forms a rectangle 6 inches by 5 inches, so what is the area in square inches?

75.Floor cloth at the ferry slip is a rectangle 10 feet long and 3 feet wide, so what is its area in square feet?

76.Painted wood for a ridge trail sign is a rectangle 9 yards long and 2 yards wide, so what is the area in square yards?

77.Boards enclosing the school garden make a rectangle 9 meters long and 4 meters wide, so what is the perimeter in meters?

78.Wood around the textile loom frame makes a rectangle 8 feet long and 3 feet wide, so what is the perimeter in feet?

79.Edging around a lighthouse rug that is 6 feet long and 6 feet wide has what perimeter in feet?

80.Cloth edging an oyster sorting mat that is 10 feet long and 2 feet wide has what perimeter in feet?

81.Between 2 and 3, the hour hand of the ferry slip clock waits while the minute hand points to 7, so what time is it?

82.Just past 10, the hour hand of a library shelf clock sits while the minute hand rests on 3, so what time is it?

83.The school garden timer shows the minute hand pointing to 9 and the hour hand between 1 and 2, so what time is it?

84.Halfway from 8 toward 9, the hour hand of the textile mill clock sits while the minute hand rests on 6, so what time is it?

85.Ridge trail walkers left the kiosk at 9:20 and reached that kiosk again at 9:48, so how many minutes were they away?

86.Club members in the school garden worked from 1:05 until 1:40, so how many minutes did that work take?

87.Sorters finished the oyster baskets at 11:50 after starting at 11:15, so how many minutes did they work?

88.Clerks closed the library shelf count at 3:59 after opening it at 3:28, so how many minutes passed?

89.Height of a ridge trail post is 48 inches, and 12 inches make 1 foot, so how many feet tall is the post?

90.Width of a textile loom is 5 feet, and each foot is 12 inches, so how many inches wide is the loom?

91.Measuring the school garden path gives 36 inches, and 12 inches make 1 foot, so how many feet long is the path?

92.From end to end the ferry slip ramp stretches 8 feet, and each foot is 12 inches, so how many inches is that stretch?

93.Quarts of seawater in an oyster bucket number 4, and each quart is 2 pints, so how many pints does the bucket hold?

94.Cups of water in a school garden can number 8, and 2 cups make 1 pint, so how many pints does the can hold?

95.Pints of juice in a ferry slip cooler number 5, and each pint is 2 cups, so how many cups are in the cooler?

96.Water for the art table fills a library shelf pitcher with 2 quarts, and each quart is 2 pints, so how many pints is that?

97.Compared with the 3 sailboats, the 8 ferries on a harbor tally bar graph that also shows 5 tugboats are greater by how many?

98.Carrots and beans together on a school garden bar graph of 9 carrots, 4 peas, and 6 beans total how many?

99.Poetry books are fewer than the mysteries on a library shelf bar graph showing 7 mysteries, 7 animal books, and 2 poetry books, by how many?

100.Bolts of all colors on a textile loom bar graph of 4 red, 6 blue, and 4 green total how many bolts?

101.Visitors on Friday, shown as 6 stars on a lighthouse picture graph where each star means 2 visitors, total how many people?

102.Tuesday's oyster picture graph shows 4 shells, and each shell means 5 baskets, so how many baskets were counted?

103.Campers shown as 3 tents on a ridge trail picture graph, where each tent means 10 campers, total how many people?

104.Saturday at the ferry slip picture graph shows 7 boat icons, and each icon stands for 4 riders, so how many riders is that?

105.The school garden gate is a rectangle, so how many right angles does that gate have?

106.The textile loom panel is a rectangle, so how many sides does the panel have?

107.Four square corners plus two long equal sides and two shorter equal sides make the library shelf frame which shape?

108.The rectangular ferry slip door has how many pairs of equal opposite sides?