Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Mathematics Grade 3

One hundred eight questions on multiplication, division, fractions, area, and measurement.

These questions are original. This is not an official Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test, and FreeExam is not affiliated with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

  1. 1.Which digit is in the thousands place of 4,582 visitors on a mill pond log?

  2. 2.Which digit is in the hundreds place of the harbor marker number 3,716?

  3. 3.Which digit is in the tens place of the school library count 2,049?

  4. 4.What is the value of the digit 6 in the bakery tray tag number 6,215?

  5. 5.What number is written on a wharf crate label that shows 2,000 + 400 + 70 + 5?

  6. 6.What number do stone wall crews record for 5 thousands, 3 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones?

  7. 7.Which number is greater, the 648 ducks at the mill pond one week or the 684 ducks the next week?

  8. 8.Which count is less, the 725 school library chairs used on Monday or the 752 chairs used on Tuesday?

  9. 9.Which list orders wharf crates weighing 410 pounds, 401 pounds, and 140 pounds from least to greatest?

  10. 10.Which length can a stone wall section have if it is longer than 350 feet and shorter than 390 feet?

  11. 11.Which harbor post label is greatest among 2,109, 2,190, and 2,019?

  12. 12.Which cookie amount is least among bakery trays that hold 860, 806, and 680 cookies?

  13. 13.What is 346 nails in a wharf crate rounded to the nearest 10?

  14. 14.What number do mill pond crew members record when they round a count of 641 fish to the nearest 100?

  15. 15.What is the result when librarians round 815 school library cards to the nearest 10?

  16. 16.What is the length of a 250-foot stone wall rounded to the nearest 100?

  17. 17.Which number is recorded when a harbor log rounds 432 markers to the nearest 10?

  18. 18.What is a ferry bench tally of 964 riders rounded to the nearest 100?

  19. 19.How many nails are in two wharf crates that hold 358 nails and 497 nails?

  20. 20.After workers join a 276-foot mill pond path to a 148-foot section, how long is the finished path?

  21. 21.How many books are shelved when 509 new books arrive at the school library on top of 186 books already there?

  22. 22.How many stones are in a stone wall after masons set 285 stones and then set 437 more?

  23. 23.How many harbor markers are placed when a morning crew sets 168 markers and an afternoon crew sets 259 markers?

  24. 24.How many seats are on a ferry bench row after 267 seats are bolted onto the 354 seats already there?

  25. 25.How many rolls are counted when a bakery tray of 493 rolls is combined with a tray of 178 rolls?

  26. 26.How many feet of town common path do crews have when they measure 625 new feet and 198 feet already there?

  27. 27.How many ferry bench seats still need to be placed when 364 of 920 ordered seats are already placed?

  28. 28.How many hooks stay in a wharf crate when workers use 257 hooks from a stock of 803?

  29. 29.How many liters remain after draining 286 liters from a full 700-liter tank at the mill pond?

  30. 30.How many bookmarks remain after the school library gives away 278 bookmarks from a stack of 641?

  31. 31.How many blocks are still needed for a stone wall if 487 of 950 planned blocks are already set?

  32. 32.How many harbor markers stay in storage after 346 markers are installed from a stock of 812?

  33. 33.How many boards are still missing from a ferry bench order of 730 boards when 295 boards have arrived?

  34. 34.How many cookies stay on a bakery tray when customers buy 357 cookies from a tray of 624 cookies?

  35. 35.How many muffins are on a bakery tray that has 6 rows with 8 muffins in each row?

  36. 36.How many books are on nine school library carts that each carry 4 books?

  37. 37.How many harbor markers are tied into 7 bundles with 6 markers in each bundle?

  38. 38.How many riders sit on 8 full ferry benches that each seat 5 riders?

  39. 39.How many ducks are swimming on the mill pond in 4 groups of 7 ducks?

  40. 40.How many blocks are in 8 layers of a stone wall that has 9 blocks in each layer?

  41. 41.How many jars are packed in a wharf crate that has 3 layers with 9 jars in each layer?

  42. 42.How many plants fill six town common flower beds that each hold 9 plants?

  43. 43.How many harbor markers stand in 7 rows when each row has 40 markers?

  44. 44.How many wharf crates fill 5 stacks that each hold 30 crates?

  45. 45.How many markers fill six harbor lines that have 20 markers in each line?

  46. 46.How many boats are tied at 4 mill pond docks that each hold 50 boats?

  47. 47.How many reading folders does the school library pack in 8 bins with 10 folders in each bin?

  48. 48.How many posts stand along a stone wall arranged in 9 rows of 30 posts?

  49. 49.How many boxes are filled when a bakery tray packs 81 rolls into boxes of 9 rolls each?

  50. 50.How many scones go on each plate when 56 scones from a bakery tray are shared equally onto 7 plates?

  51. 51.How many pencils go in each cup when the school library splits 48 pencils into 6 equal cups?

  52. 52.How many markers go to each dock when 36 harbor markers are shared equally among 4 docks?

  53. 53.How many nets does each boat get when the mill pond team shares 63 nets equally among 9 boats?

  54. 54.How many caps does each post get when five stone wall posts share 30 caps equally?

  55. 55.How many tickets are in each pile when 32 ferry bench tickets are split equally into 8 piles?

  56. 56.How many seedlings grow in each row when gardeners set 18 seedlings on the town common in 3 equal rows?

  57. 57.What fraction of a town common flag is blue when the flag is folded into 8 equal parts and 4 parts are blue?

  58. 58.What fraction of a bakery tray cake remains when the cake is cut into 6 equal slices and 2 slices are left?

  59. 59.What fraction of a mill pond map is shaded when the map is split into 4 equal sections and 1 section is shaded?

  60. 60.What fraction of the bricks are painted in a stone wall drawing that shows 8 equal bricks with 5 bricks painted?

  61. 61.What fraction is green on a town common banner that is split into 3 equal stripes with 2 stripes green?

  62. 62.What fraction of the ropes in a wharf crate are coiled when 3 of the 8 ropes are coiled?

  63. 63.What fraction of 6 harbor markers near the pier are red when 2 of those markers are red?

  64. 64.What fraction of 10 ducks on the mill pond are brown when 7 of those ducks are brown?

  65. 65.What fraction of 4 chairs at a school library table are empty when 1 of those chairs is empty?

  66. 66.What fraction of 9 tarts on a bakery tray have berries when 4 of those tarts have berries?

  67. 67.Which fraction is greater, 3/8 of a pie on a bakery tray or 5/8 of another pie on that tray?

  68. 68.Which fraction is smaller on a mill pond chart that shades 2/6 of one bar and 4/6 of the next bar?

  69. 69.Which fraction is larger, 1/5 of one school library strip or 3/5 of a second strip?

  70. 70.Which blue fraction is less, 6/8 of one town common flag or 2/8 of another town common flag?

  71. 71.Which painted fraction is greater, 4/7 of one harbor marker or 5/7 of another harbor marker?

  72. 72.What is the area of a school library reading mat that is a rectangle 8 feet long and 6 feet wide?

  73. 73.How many square feet of paint cover a rectangular wharf crate lid that measures 9 feet by 4 feet?

  74. 74.How many square yards of floorboard cover a rectangular mill pond dock that measures 7 yards by 5 yards?

  75. 75.How many square feet of tile cover a rectangular school library rug that measures 10 feet by 3 feet?

  76. 76.How many square feet cover a square stone wall panel that measures 5 feet on each side?

  77. 77.What is the area inside a chalk rectangle on the town common stage that measures 9 meters by 2 meters?

  78. 78.What is the perimeter of a stone wall rail that forms a rectangle 10 yards long and 6 yards wide?

  79. 79.How many feet of rope go around a rectangular wharf crate base that is 8 feet long and 3 feet wide?

  80. 80.How many feet of edging go around a rectangular mill pond garden that measures 13 feet by 4 feet?

  81. 81.How many feet of tape go around a rectangular school library table that measures 8 feet by 5 feet?

  82. 82.How many yards of fence enclose a rectangular town common sandbox that is 9 yards long and 3 yards wide?

  83. 83.How many minutes does a class take to walk from the mill pond at 5:35 to the town common at 6:15?

  84. 84.What time is it at the mill pond when the minute hand is on the 7 and the hour hand is just past 2?

  85. 85.What time is it in the school library when the minute hand is on the 4 and the hour hand is just past 10?

  86. 86.What time does a ferry bench clock show when the minute hand points to 11 and the hour hand is just before 6?

  87. 87.What time is shown on the town common when the minute hand is on the 3 and the hour hand is just past 1?

  88. 88.How many minutes is a wharf crate open if workers open it at 9:20 and close it at 9:47?

  89. 89.How many minutes does a bakery tray stay in the oven if it goes in at 2:50 and comes out at 3:10?

  90. 90.How many minutes do masons work on a stone wall if they begin at 11:15 and stop at 11:48?

  91. 91.How many feet of a 48-foot stone wall stand beside a gate that uses 9 feet of the wall?

  92. 92.How many inches longer is a 36-inch mill pond board than an 18-inch mill pond board?

  93. 93.How many cups remain in a pitcher beside a bakery tray after 3 cups are poured from 8 cups?

  94. 94.How many more liters does a 12-liter jug in a wharf crate hold than a 5-liter jug?

  95. 95.How long is a town common path after a crew adds 16 meters to a path that was 25 meters?

  96. 96.How many bottles fill a ferry bench cooler after 6 bottles are added to 9 bottles already inside?

  97. 97.How many books do Monday and Wednesday show together on a school library bar graph with 5 on Monday, 8 on Tuesday, and 6 on Wednesday?

  98. 98.How many more canoes than kayaks appear on a mill pond bar graph that shows 4 boats, 9 canoes, and 6 kayaks?

  99. 99.How many visitors does Friday show on a town common picture graph if each star stands for 2 visitors and Friday has 6 stars?

  100. 100.How many cookies does the morning row show on a bakery tray picture graph if one circle stands for 5 cookies and that row has 4 circles?

  101. 101.How many markers appear in all on a harbor marker bar graph that shows 7 red markers and 3 blue markers?

  102. 102.How many blocks do 3 squares stand for on a stone wall picture graph if one square stands for 10 blocks?

  103. 103.Which shape names a school library mat that has 4 sides and 4 square corners?

  104. 104.What kind of angle is formed by a stone wall corner that matches the square corner of a sheet of paper?

  105. 105.What shape is a ferry bench top with two sides of 10 feet, two sides of 4 feet, and 4 square corners?

  106. 106.How many right angles does a rectangular sign on the town common have?

  107. 107.Which statement is true of a harbor marker board that has 4 sides but only 1 square corner?

  108. 108.How long is the opposite side of a rectangular bakery tray whose known side is 12 inches?