Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress Mathematics Grade 3

1.Maple-sap buckets at the sugar bush held 286 liters in the morning and gained 459 liters by dusk, so how many liters were collected in all?

2.Six dune-boardwalk crews each laid 50 new planks before lunch, so how many planks did the crews lay altogether?

3.A harbor chart shades 6 of 8 equal sections of one channel marker, so which fraction names the shaded part?

4.The school gym set out 530 folding chairs, and 167 of them stayed stacked in the closet, so how many chairs were opened?

5.A cherry-orchard flower bed is a rectangle 9 feet long and 3 feet wide, so what is its area in square feet?

6.Pickers filled 45 cherry baskets and split them evenly among 5 trucks, so how many baskets went on each truck?

7.Workers will rim a rectangular canal-lock platform that is 8 meters long and 7 meters wide, so how many meters of rail are needed?

8.The lake ferry leaves the dock at 7:45 and reaches the island slip at 8:20, so how many minutes is that ride?

9.In the dune-boardwalk count 4,285, what is the value of the digit 4?

10.A crate of 725 cherries is rounded to the nearest hundred, so which number is used?

11.The school gym kept 907 mats one month and 970 mats the next month, so which amount is larger?

12.A canal-lock mechanic fits 7 valves on every gate, and this lock has 4 gates, so how many valves does the mechanic fit?

13.Five of 6 equal cherry-pie slices remain on the plate, so what fraction of the pie remains?

14.Pouring 72 liters of maple sap equally into 9 pails puts how many liters in each pail?

15.Finding the area of a dune-boardwalk deck that is 8 meters long and 4 meters wide gives how many square meters?

16.A lock keeper looks up from the canal gates and sees the hour hand on 5 and the minute hand on 9, so what time is on that clock?

17.A builder takes 176 cup hooks from a hardware drawer that held 500, so how many hooks remain?

18.Four boat symbols appear on a lake-ferry picture graph, and each symbol stands for 5 trips, so how many trips are pictured?

19.A lock tender must list the canal depths 340, 304, and 430 from greatest to least, so which order should be written?

20.Maple tappers untie five bundles and find 60 spouts inside each one, so how many spouts are ready for the trees?

21.A school-gym mat has four sides and four right angles, opposite sides match, and one side is longer than the next side, so which shape is the mat?

22.Planting 457 young cherry trees next to 385 older trees gives how many trees in that block?

23.Of a 60-centimeter canal chain, 25 centimeters are painted, so how many centimeters are not painted?

24.A bar graph of dune-boardwalk visitors shows Monday at 4, Tuesday at 7, and Wednesday at 5, so which day has the tallest bar?

25.Basket A contains 1/6 of a cherry crate and basket B contains 5/6 of a crate, so which basket contains more?

26.Which digit sits in the tens place of the lake-ferry total 6,403?

27.Gym class unrolls mats until there are 6 rows with 7 mats lying in every row, so how many mats are on the floor?

28.Dipping 8 liters from a harbor barrel that holds 20 liters leaves how many liters in the barrel?

29.Fencing a cherry plot that is 6 meters long and 5 meters wide takes how many meters of fence?

30.A lock keeper works from 1:50 to 3:10, so how many minutes long is that shift?

31.A dune-boardwalk foreman counts 364 nails and records that count to the nearest 10, so what number goes in the record?

32.Splitting 56 cherry bins evenly into 8 sheds puts how many bins in one shed?

33.Three of 4 harbor flags are red, so what fraction of the flags are red?

34.Boiling removes 538 liters from 904 liters of maple sap, so how many liters remain?

35.Which expression shows 1,750 gym cones in expanded form?

36.Walkers face four stair runs on the dune boardwalk, and every run climbs 30 steps, so how many steps are in those runs together?

37.Which object has exactly 4 right angles: the rectangular canal-lock door, a triangular warning sign, or a round harbor buoy?

38.Stowing 638 life jackets below deck and 275 life jackets in a locker puts how many jackets on the lake ferry?

39.The cherry-orchard bell is set for the moment when the hour hand is on 11 and the minute hand is on 2, so what time does the bell use?

40.On a bar graph, the red cherry bin has 9 crates and the blue cherry bin has 6 crates, so how many more crates are in the red bin?

41.Gate 1 stands open 4/8 of the way and gate 2 stands open 6/8 of the way, so which fraction is smaller?

42.The canal-lock inventory 5,140 lists a 1, and that 1 is in which place?

43.Opening 5 washer packs from the hardware drawer reveals 8 washers in every pack, so how many washers are in the opened packs?

44.After 5 cups leave a maple-sap jug that held 12 cups, how many cups are still in the jug?

45.Measuring all the way around a dune-boardwalk garden that is 9 meters long and 4 meters wide gives how many meters?

46.Cherry picking runs from 9:20 until 10:05, so how many minutes do the pickers work?

47.Ticket clerks round 236 lake-ferry riders to the nearest ten, so what number do they announce?

48.Each canal boat should get the same share of 42 rope coils, and there are 6 boats, so how many coils does one boat get?

49.Rope blocks 3 of 8 equal rectangles on the gym floor, so what fraction of the floor is blocked?

50.Repairs start with 800 dune-boardwalk boards and replace 246 of them, so how many of the original boards are still in place?

51.Which digit is in the hundreds place of the cherry total 3,076?

52.The lake ferry's open deck lines up 9 rows, and 10 seats fill every row, so how many open-deck seats can riders use?

53.A rectangular harbor-chart frame has how many right angles?

54.After 372 nails are dumped in and 268 more nails follow, how many nails are in the hardware drawer?

55.A dune-boardwalk post clock has its hour hand on 3 and its minute hand straight down on 6, so what time is the post clock showing?

56.Morning shows 8 canal boats on a bar graph and afternoon shows 3, so how many boats do the two bars represent together?

57.A harbor chart marks 2/3 of a zone as shallow and 1/3 of the same zone as deep, so which fraction of the zone is larger?

58.What value does the digit 9 have in the maple-sap record 2,918?

59.Nine pickers head into the cherry trees, and each picker brings 6 empty baskets, so how many empty baskets go into the orchard?

60.Adding 6 liters of water to a lake-ferry cooler that already holds 9 liters gives how many liters?

61.The border of a gym scoreboard is 10 feet long and 2 feet wide, so what is that rectangle's perimeter in feet?

62.Visitors step onto the dune boardwalk at 2:15 and step off at 2:40, so how many minutes pass between those times?

63.Sugar-bush clerks look at 851 emptied maple-sap buckets and record the count to the nearest hundred, so what number do they write?

64.With 48 gym students and 6 students on a team, how many equal teams can the gym make?

65.Yellow paint covers 1 of 4 equal parts of a dune-boardwalk sign, so what fraction of the sign is yellow?

66.A truck pulls away with 613 cherry crates and unloads 287 crates at the barn, so how many crates remain on the truck?

67.Harbor buoy 2,480 is compared with buoy 2,408, so which comparison is correct?

68.Crews stacked timbers beside the canal lock in 7 piles, with 20 timbers in a pile, so how many timbers were stacked?

69.Carpenters find one square corner on a dune-boardwalk post, so how many right angles did they find?

70.Fitting 169 gate bolts and then 248 spare bolts uses how many bolts at the canal lock?

71.With the gym clock's minute hand on 7 and the hour hand between 8 and 9, what time is it?

72.A gym bar graph shows jump rope at 10, tag at 7, and stretch at 10, so which two bars are the same height?

73.Painters covered 2/4 of one boardwalk rail and 3/4 of a second rail, so which fraction is greater?

74.How should the maple-sap counts 615, 651, and 561 be ordered from least to greatest?

75.Builders marked 7 dune-boardwalk sections, and the plan calls for 8 posts on a section, so how many posts does the plan require?

76.Four orchard pails are filled, and each pail holds 8 liters, so how many liters are in the four pails?

77.Walking the edge of a harbor slip that is 9 yards long and 6 yards wide covers how many yards?

78.Practice in the school gym starts at 4:05 and ends at 4:50, so how many minutes long is practice?

79.The canal water rose 48 centimeters, and that rise is rounded to the nearest 10 centimeters, so what is the rounded rise?

80.If 4 dune-boardwalk landings share 36 benches equally, how many benches does one landing get?

81.Shading 2 of 3 equal bands on a canal-lock gate names which fraction of the gate?

82.Of 821 lake-ferry riders, 346 step off at the first dock, so how many riders stay on the boat?

83.Among the lake-ferry logs 1,250, 1,205, and 1,520, which number is the greatest?

84.A grower walks 8 cherry rows and counts 40 trees along each row, so how many trees does the grower pass?

85.A cherry-orchard plot is a rectangle that is not a square, so how many right angles does the plot have?

86.Monday's dune-boardwalk crew fastened 278 planks and Tuesday's crew fastened 146 planks, so how many planks were fastened over the two days?

87.One dune-boardwalk rope measures 48 inches and another measures 29 inches, so how many inches longer is the first rope?

88.Each bucket symbol on a maple-sap picture graph stands for 2 trees, and 6 symbols are drawn, so how many trees does the graph show?

89.Cherry bin counts 880, 808, and 818 need to be listed from least to greatest, so what is that list?

90.Collectors press 4 fresh lids onto each of 8 maple-sap buckets, so how many fresh lids do the buckets get?

91.Joining a 35-foot cherry path to an 18-foot side path makes a path of how many feet?

92.An orchard tarp is 7 yards long and 6 yards wide, so what is the area of that rectangle in square yards?

93.Two of 6 maple-sap buckets in a row are full, so what fraction of the row is full?

94.From 750 meters of canal rope, crews use 468 meters on the gates, so how many meters are left?

95.A gym contest score of 672 is rounded to the nearest hundred, so what score is posted?

96.Bolts in the hardware drawer are packed by 7, and there are 63 bolts, so how many full packs is that?

97.Ladders lean on 5 of 8 marked cherry trees, so what fraction of the marked trees have ladders?

98.Lending 295 balls from the gym's supply of 680 balls leaves how many balls in the gym?

99.Helpers place 184 cones on the west gym wall and 459 cones on the east gym wall, so how many cones are placed?

100.How many square feet of floor are in a canal-lock office that is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide?

101.Four of 6 passengers in a lake-ferry cabin are reading, so what fraction of the cabin is reading?

102.One sugar-bush line holds 526 taps and a second line holds 397 taps, so how many taps are on both lines?

103.A gym banner needs 24 inches of ribbon, and 8 inches are already cut, so how many more inches should be cut?

104.A hardware picture graph uses one symbol for 10 screws and shows 3 symbols in the drawer row, so how many screws are shown?

105.Class A used 5/8 of the gym mats and class B used 5/8 of the gym mats, so how do those fractions compare?

106.The harbor chart draws 3 piers, and 9 signal flags are inked on every pier, so how many flags are inked on the chart?

107.People can sit on 9 lower-deck benches of the lake ferry, and one bench holds 5 riders, so how many riders fit on those benches?

108.The gym spreads a rectangular mat 6 feet long and 4 feet wide, so what is the mat's area in square feet?