Grade 3 Math SOL Practice Test — Set 1 of 5
210 free Grade 3 Math Virginia SOL practice questions drawn from official Virginia Department of Education released tests. Pick an answer to check it instantly, or open “Show answer” to review. No signup required.
1. Which digit of the number 5,769 is in the hundreds place?
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Answer: C — 7
2. The table shows the number of each kind of poster sold by a third-grade class. Cat posters: 242 Fish posters: 259 Frog posters: 201 Lizard posters: 284 Bird posters: 215 The number of fish posters sold was less than the number of —
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Answer: D — Lizard posters
3. There are 5 pennies in each stack. The picture shows 18 stacks of pennies. How many pennies are there in all?
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Answer: A — 90
4. A model shows 1 whole pie divided into 10 equal slices, with 4 slices shaded. Which number is represented by the model?
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Answer: D — 5.4
5. There are 274 people on a plane. What is 274 rounded to the nearest hundred?
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Answer: B — 270
6. A vertical stack of blocks is shown from bottom to top in this order: 1st: 37 2nd: 18 3rd: 99 4th: 64 5th: 25 6th: 13 7th: 8 8th: 72 9th: 55 10th: 47 11th: 63 What number is on the block that is 11th from the bottom?
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Answer: D — 37
7. Which of the following is a true statement?
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Answer: C — 2,062 < 2,165
8. Each figure is shaded to represent a fraction. Which pair of figures makes a statement that is true? The pair that shows the same fraction shaded in two different ways is option C.
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Answer: C — Option C
9. There are 10 cones. Mary will put vanilla ice cream into 1 out of every 10 cones. Into how many cones will she put vanilla ice cream?
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Answer: A — 1
10. Last summer, 35,786 people visited the zoo in Harristown. How is 35,786 written in words?
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Answer: A — Thirty-five thousand, seven hundred eighty-six
11. Ming used the fact 21 ÷ 7 = 3 to help solve a different problem. Which of the following could be the problem she was trying to solve?
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Answer: D — 21 ÷ □ = 7
12. Lester put 9 cans on a shelf. Herman put 4 more cans on the shelf. How many cans were on the shelf then?
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Answer: B — 13
13. Which of the following set models BEST represents 18 ÷ 3? The correct model shows 3 equal groups of 6 objects each.
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Answer: A — Option A
14. For two months, students collected newspapers. January: 974 pounds February: 1,329 pounds How many pounds did they collect in all?
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Answer: C — 2,303
15. Which problem can be solved using 33 + 5 =?
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Answer: B — Sherman has pages with stamps
16. Which has the same product as 3 × 4?
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Answer: A — 2 × 6
17. One whole equals 1. One tenth equals 0.1. What is 1 − 0.1?
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Answer: B — 0.9
18. Sticker purchases: Nina: 19 Carlos: 18 Katie: 27 Joel: 23 How many stickers did Joel and Katie buy altogether?
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Answer: D — 50
19. A total of 6,158 people started a race. 5,643 finished. How many did not complete the race?
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Answer: A — 515
20. Bill has 2 decks of cards, with 52 cards in each deck. How many cards does he have in all?
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Answer: D — 104
21. What is 54 ÷ 9?
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Answer: B — 6
22. What is? +? = 104 if each addend is equal?
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Answer: D — 52
23. Which is closest to the height of a flagpole shown as slightly taller than 2 inches on a ruler?
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Answer: B — 2 inches
24. One block represents a unit height. The stack shown contains 15 blocks. How many blocks are needed?
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Answer: B — 15
25. A thermometer shows a temperature slightly above 65°F and below 70°F. Which is closest?
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Answer: B — 65°F
26. Which description represents a rectangular solid (a box-shaped 3D figure with 6 rectangular faces)?
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Answer: C — Option C
27. Each square is 1 square unit. The shaded figure covers 12 squares. How many square units are needed?
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Answer: B — 12
28. A clock shows the minute hand just past the 1 and the hour hand just past 1. Which is closest to the time shown?
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Answer: D — 1:07
29. Which is closest to the amount a third grader weighs?
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Answer: D — 50 pounds
30. Three points lie in a straight line. The points that form one line segment are P, R, and T.
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Answer: B — Points P, R, and T
31. Stephanie has $3.16. Which bib can she buy if prices include tax?
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Answer: A — $3.16
32. A line plot shows: 3 books: 7 students 7 books: 3 students How many more students read exactly 3 books than 7 books?
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Answer: A — 4
33. Minutes for chores: Clean room: 20 minutes Walk dog: 25 minutes How many minutes total?
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Answer: C — 45
34. A spinner has unequal sections: Blue is the largest section. Which color is most likely?
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Answer: C — Blue
35. Each picture symbol equals 4 birds. Mark saw 4 robin symbols. How many robins did he see?
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Answer: A — 16
36. From the bar graph, 15 students chose peanuts.
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Answer: D — 15
37. 85, 82, 79, 76,? What is the next number?
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Answer: B — 73
38. Machine rule: 30 → 21 20 → 11 10 → 1 What rule is used?
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Answer: D — Subtract 9
39. What counting number comes right after 539?
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Answer: C — 540
40. Ginger bought 3 children’s tickets and 11 total tickets. How many adult tickets did she buy?
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Answer: B — 8
41. Each unit in the model has a value of 1. The model shows 2 thousands, 0 hundreds, 0 tens, and 5 ones. What number is represented by the model?
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Answer: C — 2,005
42. A toy store sold 1,032 video games in December. What is 1,032 rounded to the nearest hundred?
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Answer: A — 1,000
43. The number sentence below is true. 6 + 8 = 14 Which number makes the following number sentence true? 14 − ___ = 6
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Answer: B — 8
44. What is the value of the 1 in 13,729?
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Answer: C — 10,000
45. February is the second month of the year. The months of the year in order are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. What is the tenth month of the year?
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Answer: C — October
46. What is 4,996 rounded to the nearest thousand?
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Answer: D — 5,000
47. Which of the following numbers represents two hundred sixty-three thousand, four hundred seventeen?
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Answer: D — 263,417
48. Which number has an 8 in the thousands place?
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Answer: C — 248,937
49. Which is true?
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Answer: D — 9,174 is greater than 9,082
50. Trey bought 4 rolls of film. Each roll could make 27 pictures. What was the total number of pictures that Trey could make with the 4 rolls he bought?
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Answer: B — 108
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