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"Math 3 Year 1"

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Which question can be answered by using six times four?

  1. A.
    There are 6 birds in a tree and 4 fly away. How many birds are still in the tree?
  2. B.
    There are 6 books on a shelf and 4 books on a table. How many books are there in all?
  3. C.
    There are 6 stacks of quarters with 4 quarters in each stack. How many quarters are there?
  4. D.
    There are 6 pieces of fruit shared among 4 friends. How many pieces of fruit does each friend get?

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Two numbers are modeled with place value blocks.

Two blocks are shown. The left block is labeled Rashads Number and shows four blocks of 100, 2 blocks of 10, and seven blocks of one. The right block is labeled Lexis Number and shows three blocks of 100, five blocks of 10, and two blocks of one.

What is the difference in the values of the two numbers?

  1. A.
    35
  2. B.
    75
  3. C.
    135
  4. D.
    175

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John played four games. The number of points he scored in each game is written as follows.

  • First Game: 1 ten + 15 ones
  • Second Game: 2 tens + 1 one
  • Third Game: 5 tens + 9 ones
  • Fourth Game: 3 tens + 5 ones

Part A

Did John score more points in the first game or the second game? Explain your answer.

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Part B

How many more total points did John score in the third and fourth games than in the first and second games? Show your work.

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Part C

John played a fifth game and scored 61 points. Write the number of points John scored in the fifth game in expanded form. Give the value of the digit 6 and the digit 1.

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Sasha bought an apple and cut it into equal-sized pieces. After she ate a piece, there were 3 pieces remaining. What fraction of the apple did Sasha eat?

  1. A.
    one-fourth
  2. B.
    one-third
  3. C.
    two-thirds
  4. D.
    three-fourths

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A teacher prints 10 pages for each student in a class. The question mark in the equation shown represents the number of students in the class.ten times question mark equals seventy

How many students are in the class?

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Part A

Ms. Williams asked Carlos and Sara to show different ways to find the value of this expression:four times two times three

Carlos decided to multiply two times three first. Which expression shows what Carlos should multiply next to find the correct value of four times two times three

  1. A.
    four times two
  2. B.
    four times three
  3. C.
    four times five
  4. D.
    four times six

Part B

Sara explained the way she found the value of four times two times three as follows:

  • Multiply four times two
  • Multiply four times three
  • Add the two products.

Sara made a mistake. Describe Sara's mistake.

What is the correct value of four times two times three

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Which expressions have a quotient equal to 8?

Select the three correct answers.

  1. A.
    sixty four divided by 8
  2. B.
    sixty three divided by 9
  3. C.
    forty two divided by 6
  4. D.
    fifty six divided by 7
  5. E.
    thirty two divided by 4

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Which number line has a point plotted to represent eight fourths?

  1. A.
    Number line ranging from 0 to 8 with three marks in between each number, with a point plotted at 8.
  2. B.
    Number line ranging from 0 to 8 with three marks in between each number, with a point plotted at 1.
  3. C.
    Number line ranging from 0 to 8 with three marks in between each number, with a point plotted at 2.
  4. D.
    Number line ranging from 0 to 8 with three marks in between each number, with a point plotted at 4.

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

  1. A.
    The area of the square is 12 square inches because the side length is added to itself.
  2. B.
    The area of the square is 36 square inches because the side length is multiplied by itself.
  3. C.
    The area of the square is 10 square inches because the side length is added to the number of sides.
  4. D.
    The area of the square is 24 square inches because the side length is multiplied by the number of sides.

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Beth collected seashells. She had 8 different buckets. She placed 9 seashells in each bucket. What is the total number of seashells Beth placed in the buckets?

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Which model shows parts of the trapezoid that are each one-third the area of the trapezoid?

  1. A.
    Trapezoid. A line is drawn down the middle.
  2. B.
    Trapezoid. A line is drawn down the middle, along the right side, and along the left side.
  3. C.
    Trapezoid. A line is drawn down the left side and down the right side.
  4. D.
    Trapezoid. The figure is divided into three triangles.

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A teacher has two sheets of stickers. One sheet has 8 rows with 6 stickers in each row. The other sheet has 9 rows with 7 stickers in each row.

  • Explain how the rows and columns can be used to model the total number of stickers on the two sheets.
  • Write an equation that can be used to model the total number of stickers on the two sheets.
  • What is the total number of stickers on the two sheets?

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A white rabbit weighs 3 pounds. A brown rabbit weighs two and two fourths pounds. A black rabbit weighs three and one fourth pounds.

Part A

Which of these shows the weights of the rabbits plotted correctly?

  1. A.
    Number line from 0 to 4. Points are plotted at 2, 3, and 4.
  2. B.
    Number line from 0 to 4. Points are plotted at 1 and one half, two and three fourths, and 3.
  3. C.
    Number line from 0 to 4. Points are plotted at 2 and one half, 3, and 3 and one fourth.
  4. D.
    Number line from 0 to 4. Points are plotted at 0, one-fourth, and 3 and one fourth.

Part B

Which of these is true?

  1. A.
    The weight of the black rabbit is the same as the weight of the white rabbit.
  2. B.
    The weight of the brown rabbit is the same as the weight of the white rabbit.
  3. C.
    The weight of the black rabbit is closest to the weight of the white rabbit.
  4. D.
    The weight of the brown rabbit is closest to the weight of the white rabbit.

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Which shapes are quadrilaterals?

Select the three shapes that are quadrilaterals.

  1. A.
    hexagon
  2. B.
    pentagon
  3. C.
    rectangle
  4. D.
    rhombus
  5. E.
    square
  6. F.
    triangle

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Cole drew the shaded rectangle shown on some grid paper.

Cole’s Rectangle Image An image is shown, but there is no alternative text.

Nora also drew a rectangle on grid paper. Nora's rectangle has the same perimeter as Cole's but with a different area. Which rectangle could be Nora's?

  1. A.
    Nora’s Rectangle Image An image is shown, but there is no alternative text.
  2. B.
    Nora’s Rectangle Image An image is shown, but there is no alternative text.
  3. C.
    Nora’s Rectangle Image An image is shown, but there is no alternative text.
  4. D.
    Nora’s Rectangle Image An image is shown, but there is no alternative text.

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Kyle and Tara were given the numbers 0, 2, and 5. They were told to make a 3-digit numeral out of the three numbers. Kyle's number was 520. Tara's number had a 0 in the tens place. Kyle said that Tara's number had to be less than his because 0 was less than 2.

Explain whether Kyle's answer was correct. Explain whether Kyle's reasoning was correct. Give examples to support your explanations.

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Melissa had a bunch of balloons for her party. The number of each color of balloon in the bunch is shown in the bar graph.

Color Blue Green Red Yellow 0 2 4 6 8 Balloons Number in Bunch Image An image is shown, but there is no alternative text.

Part A

How many more blue balloons than red balloons did Melissa have?

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Part B

How many fewer green balloons than yellow balloons did Melissa have?

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The number sentences are related facts.five times 4 equals 20

twenty divided by 5 equals question mark

What is the missing number?

  1. A.
    1
  2. B.
    4
  3. C.
    15
  4. D.
    25

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Sean cut paper strips into different lengths. The line plot shows the lengths of the strips Sean cut.

3 4 5 Length (inches) Paper Strips X X X X X Image Line plot titled paper strips. The number line is labeled length in inches. The number line shows labels at 3, 4, and 5, with three marks between 3 and 4 and 3 marks between 4 and 5. One X is shown above the first mark to the right of 3, the second mark to the right of 3, the mark at 4, the mark to the right of 4, and 5.

He cut one more strip. The last strip he cut is shown.

0 1 2 3 4 5 inches Paper Strip Image A diagram titled paper strip shows a ruler measuring inches from 0 to 5, with three marks in between each inch. A strip above the ruler goes from the mark at 0 inches to the mark to the right of 3.

Which line plot shows the lengths of all Sean's paper strips?

  1. A.
    3 4 5 Length (inches) Paper Strips X X X X X X Image Line plot titled paper strips. The number line is labeled length in inches. The number line shows labels at 3, 4, and 5, with three marks between 3 and 4 and 3 marks between 4 and 5. Two Xs are shown above the first mark to the right of 3, and one mark is shown above the second mark to the right of 3, the mark at 4, the mark to the right of 4, and 5.
  2. B.
    3 4 5 Length (inches) Paper Strips X X X X X X Image Line plot titled paper strips. The number line is labeled length in inches. The number line shows labels at 3, 4, and 5, with three marks between 3 and 4 and 3 marks between 4 and 5. Two Xs are shown above the second mark to the right of 3, and one X is shown above the first mark to the right of 3, the mark at 4, the mark to the right of 4, and 5.
  3. C.
    3 4 5 Length (inches) Paper Strips X X X X X X Image Line plot titled paper strips. The number line is labeled length in inches. The number line shows labels at 3, 4, and 5, with three marks between 3 and 4 and 3 marks between 4 and 5. One X is shown above the first mark to the right of 3, above the second and third marks to the right of 3, the mark at 4, the mark to the right of 4, and 5.
  4. D.
    3 4 5 Length (inches) Paper Strips X X X X X X Image Line plot titled paper strips. The number line is labeled length in inches. The number line shows labels at 3, 4, and 5, with three marks between 3 and 4 and 3 marks between 4 and 5. One X is shown above the first mark to the right of 3, the second mark to the right of 3, the mark at 4, the mark to the right of 4, the mark to the left of 5, and 5.

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