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Practice Problems for Third Grade in Measurement Temperature 3M-32)
Answer: 94,120, 48, 16, 32, 85, 5 Place
each number below in the blanks to create the most meaningful and realistic
story. Write to
help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
The high
temperature yesterday was __________ degrees Fahrenheit, the highest it has been
for the past ________ days. The low
temperature was __________degrees Fahrenheit, about half the high, and only
__________ degrees above freezing, (which is _________ degrees Fahrenheit).
Tomorrow’s temperature is predicted to be __________ degrees
Fahrenheit, which is ____________
degrees lower than yesterday’s high. 3M-31)
Answer: 90, 85, 5, 40, 50, 10 Place
each number below in the blanks to create the most meaningful and realistic
story. Write to
help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
The
high temperature recorded yesterday was _________degrees Fahrenheit for Riverton
and _________ for Oakdale. These temperatures differed by ____________
degrees, with Riverton being hotter. At night Riverton had a low temperature of
________ degrees, while Oakdale’s low temperature of __________ degrees was
__________ degrees more than Riverton.
Time 3M-30)
Answer: Varies—student should select activities to fill one hour. Third
graders were planning a class party. They
made a list of activities they like. There
party will be from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Help then choose activities and make a
schedule for their party. Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
Linear
Measurement 3M-29) Answer:
Snail on Monday; Turtle on Tuesday A
snail and a turtle both started out on Monday toward a pond 32 inches away.
An owl was watching them and told them how far they were at the beginning
of each day of the race. By Tuesday
both the snail and the turtle had 1 inches.
By Wednesday the snail had traveled 2 inches, and the turtle had crawled
7 inches. By Thursday the snail was
4 inches from the start, and the turtle was 13 inches from it By Friday the
snail was 8 inches from the start, and the turtle was 19 inches from it.
If the snail and the turtle kept moving in the same ways, on what day
will each animal reach the pond? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-28)
Answer: 52 inches Tom
is 4 feet tall. His brother, Hal,
is 4 inches taller. How many inches
tall is Hal? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-27)
Answer: 5 yards The
four-square court measures 15 feet on each side.
How many yards is that? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-26) Answer:
9 cm Ann’s
new pencil was 18 centimeters long. After
2 weeks, her pencil was only half as long.
How many centimeters was Ann’s pencil then? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-25)
Answer: 3 miles John
lives in Milton, and he decides to visit his friend in Colville.
It’s 21 miles from John’s house to his friend’s house. First he
walks 1 mile to the bus station. Then he rides the bus 18 miles to Colville.
He walks the rest of the way to his friend’s house.
How many miles does John walk altogether to get to his friend’s house? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. Weight 3M-24) Answer:
8 pounds Three
boxes of snake powder weigh the same as one box of snake powder and one can of
lizard tear. How much does one can
of lizard tears weigh? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
3M-23)
Answer: 4 pounds The
giant weighed some of the giant vegetables that grew in his garden.
He weighed a tomato, an ear of corn, a turnip, and a carrot.
The carrot was 8 pounds less than the turnip, and the turnip was 3 pounds
more than the ear of corn. The ear of corn weighed half as much as the tomato.
The giant rolled the tomato onto the scale.
It was 18 pounds. How much
did the carrot weigh? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-22) Answer:
2 lbs. 2 oz. Martha’s
math book weighs 14 ounces. Her
social studies book weighs 20 ounces. How
many pounds and ounces do Martha’s books weigh together? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-21)
Answer: 5 rhinos The
rhinos at the zoo weigh about 800 pounds each.
About how many rhinos can be carried in a truck that holds 2 tons? (Hint:
2000 lbs. =1 ton) Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. Volume 3M-20) Answer:
$2.01 Hank
is selling lemonade. He makes 2
quarts. How many cups of lemonade
does Hank have to sell? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-19)
Answer: 3 cups flour; 1 ½ cups sugar; 1 cup butter Jenny
is making cookies. Her recipe is
below. How can Jenny
change her recipe to make 24 cookies? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
Area
and Perimeter 3M-18) Answer:
26 feet Kris
built a fence for her dog’s play area. The
fence is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. How
many feet of fencing did Kris use? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-17)
Answer 72 square feet Ron’s
room is 9 feet long and 8 feet wide. How
many square feet of carpet does he need to cover the floor? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. Money 3M-16) Answer:
$2.01 Abby
mailed 6 postcards at 19 cents each and 3 letters at 29 cents each. How much did
she pay in postage? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-15)
Answer: one way In
how many ways can you have 45 cents with 5 coins? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-14) Answer:
2 quarters and 5 dimes; 1 quarter, 1 fifty cent piece, and 5 nickels Kristi
has $1 in her pocket made up of seven coins. Show at least two possible
combinations for those seven coins. Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-13) Answer:
8 pm Ezra
wants to watch a television program that will begin at 9:00 P.M. His mom says he
can watch it but he must first do his chores and finish his homework. It takes
him half an hour to do his chores and another half an hour to finish his
homework. At what time must Ezra begin if he is to finish in time to watch the
program? Write to
help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-12) Answer:
45 minutes If
it takes 20 minutes to cut a log crosswise into 5 pieces, how long would it take
to cut a log into 10 crosscut pieces? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-11) Answer:
1 hour 38 minutes The
solar eclipse began at 2:13 in the afternoon and ended at 3:51 p.m. How long did
the eclipse last? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-10) Answer:
$4.00 Maggie
went to a movie. She paid $2.00 for her ticket, $1.25 for popcorn, and $.75 for
a drink. How much did Maggie spend at the movie? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-9) Answer:
9 groups Scott
saved up enough money to buy a "growing rope" at the magic shop. The
price of the rope was 22 cents. Scott paid for the rope with coins. How many
different groups of coins could Scott have used to pay for the rope?
Write to
help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-8) Answer:
3 dimes, 5 nickels Sam
saved nickels and dimes until he had 55 cents to buy the game of Beast and
Beetles. Sam paid for the game with 8 coins. How many of each kind of coin did
Sam have? Write to
help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-7)
Answer: 13 "This
costs 26 cents," said the girl as she gave the dinosaur stamp to Michael.
Michael took coins out of the pocket of his jeans and gave them to the girl. How
many different groups of coins could Michael have used to pay for the dinosaur? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-6)
Answer: 60 inches The
Acrobat Bears are stuffed bears. Zeke Bear is the tallest. Yolanda is 3 inches
shorter than Zeke. Wanda is 3 inches shorter than Yolanda. Un is 3 inches
shorter than Wanda, and Timothy is 3 inches shorter than Un. Timothy Bear is 6
inches tall. If you stood the bears on top of each other, how high would the
bear tower be? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-5) Answer:
Least to most expensive: 20 daisies, 10 daffodils, 5 tulips, 2 lilacs, 1 rose Tulips
cost 20 cents, daisies 5 cents, daffodils 10 cents, roses $1, and lilacs 50
cents. Arrange the flowers so that the least expensive ones will be on the
left-hand side, and the most expensive ones on the right-hand side. Becky has
$1.00. How many of each flower can she buy?
Tulips___Daisies___Daffodils___Roses___Lilacs___
Write to
help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-4) Answer:
Elizabeth $2.58; Glen $2.12; Hester $4.70 Trucks
cost $1. Kites cost 10 cents and marbles cost 1 cent. Elizabeth bought 2 trucks,
5 kites, and 8 marbles. Glen bought 1 truck, 10 kites, and 12 marbles. Hester
bought 3 trucks, 15 kites, and 20 marbles. How much did each one spend? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-3) Answer:
(Varies) Mary gave Tim enough money so that Tim had twice Simon. How much was
left for Mary? Simon
has four quarters and five dimes. Tim has six quarters and four nickels. Mary
has one quarter, ten dimes, and three pennies. Show this on a chart and write a
word problem to go with it. Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-2) Answer:
Ivan-50; Krista-25; Luigi-35; Nicholas-70; Quentin-40 Ivan
has 50 cents. Krista has one half of that. Luigi has 10 cents more than Krista.
Nicholas has twice as much as Luigi. Quentin has 30 cents less than Nicholas.
Fill in the graph to show how much money each person has.
Write to
help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3M-1) Answer:
12 ways (1Q, 2D+1N, 2D+5P, 1D+3N, 1D+2N+5P, 1D+1N+10P, 1D+15P, 5N, 4N+5P,
3N+10P, 2N+15P, 1N+20P, 25P) How
many ways can you make 25 cents? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
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