Math PSSA 3rd Grade 2018-2019

Alden and his family go bowling. Alden’s scores are listed here. 55 79 92

Which expression can be used to find Alden’s total score when each score is rounded to the nearest ten?

• A. 50 + 70 + 90

• B. 50 + 80 + 90

• C. 60 + 80 + 90

• D. 60 + 80 + 100

Esther makes 40 bags of granola mix.

Each bag has 3 ounces of raisins.

How many ounces of raisins, in total, does Esther use to make 40 bags of granola mix?

• A. 37

• B. 43

• C. 80

• D. 120

Pablo lives in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The distances to four cities from Hershey are listed in the table.

Pablo visits the cities in order from the greatest distance from Hershey to the least distance.

Which city will Pablo visit second?

• A. Beaver Falls

• B. Bradford

• C. Butler

Craig has 8 flowers and 2 vases. He puts the same number of flowers into each vase. What fraction of the flowers does Craig put into each vase?

• A. 1/8

• B. 1/6

• C. 1/4

• D. 1/2

Ben notices that 6/8 of the shoes in a store window have laces. Which also shows the fraction of the shoes that have laces?

• A. 2/8

• B. 4/6

• C. 3/4

• D. 12/8

The table below lists the amounts of time, in hours, it takes three students to go to school each morning.

Which statement correctly compares the amounts of time, in hours, it takes two of the students to go to school?

• A. 1/6 > 3/6 because 1 is less than 3

• B. 4/6 > 3/6 because 4 is greater than 3.

• C. 1/6 < 4/6 because the numerators are less than the denominators.

• D. 4/6 < 3/6 because both fractions have the same denominator.

At a park, Calvin sees a total of 27 birds sitting in 3 trees.

He sees the same number of birds in each tree.

Which number sentence correctly shows how many birds Calvin sees in each tree?

• A. 3 × 3 = 27

• B. 3 + 27 = 30

• C. 27 ÷ 3 = 9

• D. 27 – 3 = 24

Mrs. Harris rode her bike 40 miles.

She biked 8 miles each day.

How many days did Mrs. Harris ride her bike?

• A. 5

• B. 6

• C. 7

• D. 8

Which expression is equal to 10 × 6?

• A. 2 × 5 × 6

• B. 10 + 2 × 3

• C. 2 + 5 + 2 + 3

• D. 6 × 2 × 6 × 5

Jason puts 28 cans of food into 4 bags.

The equation below can be used to find the number of cans he puts into each bag.

28 ÷ 4 = ?

Which equation can also be used to find the number of cans Jason puts into each bag?

• A. 4 + ? = 28

• B. 4 × ? = 28

• C. 4 × 28 = ?

• D. 4 ÷ ? = 28