Grade 3: Math (2003 VDOE Released Items)
Multiple-choice exercise
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Choose the correct answer for each question.

- Six hundred, seventy-eight
- Six hundred five, seven hundred eighty-eight
- Six hundred five thousand, seventy-eight
- Six hundred five thousand, seven hundred eighty-eight

- 17
- 80
- 85
- 90
Greg read about a 365,970 mile space flight. What is the value of the 3 in 365,970?
- 300
- 3,000
- 30,000
- 300,000
Sara can use the fact 12-6=6 to help solve a related problem. Which of the following could be the problem she is trying to solve?
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Virginia covers one hundred two thousand, five hundred fifty-eight square kilometers of land. Which shows this number?
- 1,258
- 12,558
- 102,558
- 1,200,558

- 250
- 200
- 150
- 100

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- 5.4
- 4.5
- 0.54
- 0.45

- 5¢
- 15¢
- 30¢
- 45¢

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- Mississippi River
- Nile River
- Yangtze River
- Yenisei River

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A school library had 2,089 books. It received 853 more books during the year. How many books did the library have then?
- 1,236
- 2,832
- 2,836
- 2,942

- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8

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- 14.7
- 23.7
- 24.3
- 24.7

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- $24
- $32
- $112
- $832

- 2.4
- 2.0
- 1.6
- 0.1
Paul wanted to buy a shirt that cost $15. He had $7. How much more did Paul need to buy the shirt?
- $22
- $12
- $8
- $3
7 x 9 =
- 16
- 32
- 56
- 63

- David
- Greg
- Keiko
- Betsy

- 5
- 7
- 10
- 14

- He is far from the tree.
- He is close to the tree.
- He is beside the tree.
- He is near the tree.
Linda and Tom have been friends for 1 year. How many months make 1 year?
- 6
- 12
- 18
- 24

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What shape are the faces of a cube?
- Circle
- Triangle
- Square
- Pentagon
In which of the figures below is it possible to draw a line of symmetry?
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Which of the following is the BEST example of a sphere?
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- L and P
- M and N
- N and L
- P and N

- 12:06
- 12:29
- 1:06
- 1:29

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Look at the pairs of shapes. Which is a pair of rectangles?
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