PARCC Measurement

Patricia needs to read for 120 minutes each week. She read for 26 minutes on Monday. She read for 39 minutes on Tuesday. She read for 38 minutes on Thursday.

How many more minutes does Patricia need to read this week?

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CCSS.3.MD.A.1

Kevin makes muffins. It takes 8 minutes to mix the batter. The muffins bake for 17 minutes. The muffins then cool for 5 minutes.

What is the total amount of time, in minutes, Kevin spends mixing, baking, and cooling the muffins?

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CCSS.3.MD.A.1

A boat ride across a lake is 49 minutes each way. How many minutes does the boat ride take to go across the lake and back?

• 49

• 51

• 54

• 98

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CCSS.3.MD.A.1

Carla buys apples and peaches at the store. The mass of the apples is 724 grams. The mass of the peaches is 471 grams.

How much greater is the mass of the apples than the mass of the peaches?

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A store has two different-sized fish tanks. One fish tank holds 218 liters of water, and the other fish tank holds 145 liters of water. What is the total number of liters for the two fish tanks?

• 133

• 173

• 353

• 363

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

Freda buys horse food in 20-kilogram bags. Her horse eats 8 bags of horse food per month. A. How much horse food does Freda's horse eat in one month?

Answer explanation

You multiply 20 x 8. If 2 times 8 gives you 16 then 20 x 8 gives you 280. Add a zero.

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

The width of the pool is 7 yards. The area of the pool is 70 square yards. Find the length, in yards, of the pool.

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

A square has a side length of 6 inches. What is the area of the square?

• The area of the square is 12 square inches because the side length is added to itself.

• The area of the square is 36 square inches because the side length is multiplied by itself.

• The area of the square is 10 square inches because the side length is added to the number of sides.

• The area of the square is 24 square inches because the side length is multiplied by the number of sides.

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Select the two stories that can describe the expression 6 × 3.

• Kate collects baseball cards. Each page in her collection holds 18 baseball cards. She has 6 pages in her collection. How many baseball cards does she have in her collection?

• Joe has 3 boxes of model airplanes. Each box holds 6 model airplanes. How many model airplanes does Joe have in the 3 boxes?

• Brad will cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner for his family for 9 days. How many meals will he cook?

• Peggy is the line leader for her class this week on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. She will lead her class line 6 times on each day. How many times in all will Peggy lead her class line on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday?

• Carrie, Gina, and Tom each have 18 pennies. How many pennies do these 3 have in all?

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Which problem can be solved using the expression 3 × 4?

• A house has 3 rooms on the first floor and 4 rooms on the second floor. How many total rooms does the house have?

• A group of 4 friends share 3 large pizzas How much pizza does each friend get?

• A shopping center has 3 floors, and each floor has 4 stores. How many total stores does the shopping center have?

• A group of friends spend $4 on French fries and $3 on drinks. How much do they spend on food and drinks?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3