Grade 3 Math SOL Practice Test — Set 2 of 5
Set 2 of 5 — 50 more free Grade 3 Math SOL practice questions from official VDOE released tests.
1. An ice-cream shop used 1,287 gallons of vanilla ice cream and 956 gallons of chocolate ice cream last month. What was the total number of gallons sold?
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Answer: C — 2,243
2. 2.3 + 6.8 =
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Answer: C — 8.1
3. At a carnival, 817 tickets were sold on Monday and 1,265 tickets were sold on Tuesday. What is the total number of tickets sold on those two days?
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Answer: A — 2,082
4. There are 9 hooks on a coat rack. Only one coat can hang on each hook. If 4 hooks are not used, how many coats are hanging on the coat rack?
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Answer: A — 5
5. Tina bought 3 boxes of cookies. Each box had exactly 60 cookies. What is the total number of cookies Tina bought?
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Answer: A — 180
6. 9.3 − 0.6 =
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Answer: B — 8.7
7. A September calendar shows that Mondays fall on September 7, 14, 21, and 28. What is the date of the fourth Monday of the month?
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Answer: D — September 28
8. Which of the following weighs about the same as a paper clip?
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Answer: D — A piece of notebook paper
9. What is the total number of hours in exactly 1 day?
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Answer: C — 24
10. Sandy served hot dogs, hamburgers, and pizza. She served fruit punch, orange juice, and soda. The chart lists all combinations except one. Which possible combination is missing?
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Answer: A — Hamburger and fruit punch
11. The pattern repeats the first four figures in the sequence ANDOO. If the pattern continues following the same rule, what will be the next three figures?
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Answer: B — LIOO
12. The number sentence below models an addition property. 14 + 2 = 2 + 4 + 1 Which number can be placed in the box so that the following number sentence models the same kind of property? 4 + 4 + 9 = 9 + ___
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Answer: A — 4
13. Look at this pattern of numbers: 122, 125, 128, 131, 134, ___ What should be the next number?
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Answer: B — 137
14. Ming had 11 pencils. If 8 pencils were yellow and the rest were red, how many red pencils were there?
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Answer: B — 3
15. What number goes in the blank to make the statement true? 8 × ___ = 8
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Answer: B — 1
16. A subtraction rule was used to make the number pattern: 70, 65, 60, 55, ___ What will be the next number?
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Answer: C — 45
17. Carlos made a tally chart to record the chores done by 12 students in his class. The tally chart shows the following results: Washing dishes: 2 students Walking dog: 5 students Emptying trash: 3 students Cleaning room: 4 students Which chore was done by 5 students?
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Answer: B — Walking Dog
18. Which number sentence will 9 + 6 = 15 help solve?
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Answer: A — 15 − 9 = ___
19. Two sets of circles are shown. Set S contains 8 circles, of which 4 are shaded. Set T contains 7 circles, of which 3 are shaded. Which of the following correctly compares the fraction of circles shaded in Set S to the fraction of circles shaded in Set T?
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Answer: C — 4/8 > 3/7
20. A place value model shows: 4 thousands 0 hundreds 5 tens 4 ones What number is represented by this place value model?
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Answer: D — 4,054
21. Two packages of eggs are shown. Package P contains 12 eggs, with 9 eggs unbroken. Package Q contains 8 eggs, with 6 eggs unbroken. Which statement correctly compares the fraction of unbroken eggs in Package P to the fraction of unbroken eggs in Package Q?
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Answer: D — 9/12 = 9/8
22. Which shows the number 78,025 written in word form?
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Answer: D — Seventy-eight thousand, twenty-five
23. A model is shaded to represent one whole. The model is divided into 12 equal parts, and 5 of those parts are shaded. What number do the shaded parts represent?
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Answer: C — 5/12
24. Which number sentence can be completed using the basic fact sentence 3 × 2 = 6?
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Answer: B — 6 + 3 = ___
25. In which group are exactly 1/2 of the shapes circles?
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Answer: D — A group of 10 shapes: 5 circles and 5 squares
26. What number goes in the box to make this number sentence true? 63 ÷ ☐ = 9
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Answer: B — 7
27. Two models are shaded to represent fractions of the same whole. Model 1 shows 5 shaded parts out of 14 equal parts. Model 2 shows 9 shaded parts out of 14 equal parts. What is the sum of these two fractions?
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Answer: D — 14/14
28. A picture shows 32 flowers arranged in 4 equal groups of 8 flowers. Which number sentence best represents this set of flowers?
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Answer: A — 32 ÷ 4 = ___
29. Kiku had a total of 35 plants at her store on Tuesday morning. During the day, she sold 26 of these plants and then received 136 new plants. At the end of the day, exactly how many plants did Kiku have?
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Answer: C — 145
30. Two models are shaded to represent fractions of the same whole. Model 1 shows 10 shaded parts out of 16 equal parts. Model 2 shows 6 shaded parts out of 16 equal parts. What is the difference between these two fractions?
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Answer: A — 4/16
31. 3,000 − 285 = ___
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Answer: B — 2,715
32. A number line starts at 0 and ends at 24, with equal jumps of 4 units. Which of these is best represented by this number line?
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Answer: D — 4 × 6
33. Alex worked for 5 hours raking leaves. How many minutes are equivalent to 5 hours?
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Answer: B — 300 minutes
34. Harry drew a picture made of four-sided shapes with four equal sides and four right angles. Which best describes the figures in this picture?
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Answer: C — Rectangles
35. Which is the most reasonable length of a bed?
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Answer: A — 6 feet
36. A clock shows the minute hand on the 9 and the hour hand between 4 and 5. Which time is closest to the time shown?
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Answer: A — 4:45
37. A clock shows 7:45 a.m. Franklin finished selling lumber three hours later. At what time did Franklin finish selling lumber?
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Answer: C — 10:45 a.m.
38. A shaded figure is drawn on a grid where each square side equals 1 unit. The total distance around the outside of the shaded figure is 24 units. What is the perimeter of the shaded figure?
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Answer: D — 24 units
39. Christina has the following money: three one-dollar bills, two quarters, one dime, and one nickel. Exactly how much money does Christina have?
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Answer: B — $3.60
40. Alfred drew two rays and one line segment. Which description matches a drawing that includes exactly two rays and one line segment?
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Answer: D — Two rays and one line segment
41. A figure has four sides, each 2 feet long. What measurement is closest to the perimeter of this figure?
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Answer: C — 10 feet
42. This table shows the number of minutes it takes Kendal to run laps around a track: 1 lap: 6 minutes 2 laps: 12 minutes 3 laps: 18 minutes 4 laps: 24 minutes Which should be used to determine how many minutes it takes Kendal to run 10 laps?
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Answer: A — 10 × 6
43. Which number sentence shows the use of the identity property of multiplication?
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Answer: D — 1 × 5 = 5
44. Look at this pattern: 1, 3, 9, 27, 81. Which describes the rule used in this pattern?
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Answer: B — Multiply by 3
45. A line plot shows student scores: One student scored 2 points Two students scored 3 points Three students scored 4 points Two students scored 8 points What was the total number of points scored by the students?
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Answer: A — 20
46. Sara can use the fact that 12 ÷ 6 = 2 to help solve a related problem. Which of the following could be the problem she is trying to solve?
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Answer: H — 6 − 6 = 0
47. Greg read about a 365,970-mile space flight. What is the value of the 3 in 365,970?
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Answer: D — 300,000
48. Each of these bags has exactly 5 buttons in it. How many buttons are there in all if there are 17 bags?
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Answer: J — 90
49. Virginia covers one hundred two thousand, five hundred fifty-eight square kilometers of land. Which shows this number?
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Answer: C — 102,558
50. A clown walks on stilts that are 147 centimeters tall. What is 147 rounded to the nearest hundred?
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Answer: J — 100
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