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Practice Problems for Third Grade in Geometry 3G-16)
Answer: 6 line segments--WX, WY, WZ , XY, XZ, YZ How
many line segments can you find in the line below? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
3G-15) Answer 16 triangles How
many triangles can you find? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
3G-14) Answer: pyramid or a tetrahedron I
am a 3-dimensional figure. My base
is a triangle. My top is a point.
I have 4 faces. What am I? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-13)
Answer: trapezoid I
am a 4-sided polygon. Two of my
sides are equal lengths. Two of my
sides are parallel. What am I? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-12)
Answer: 12 edges; 6 faces Walter
has a set of building blocks. Each
block is a rectangular prism. If
Walter builds a tower with 3 blocks stacked up, how many edges will the building
have? How many faces? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
3G-11)
Answer: 6 meters Scott
has 24 meters of fence and wants to make the biggest rectangular yard possible
for his dog to run in. What length should he make each side of the yard? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-10)
Answer: 62 faces Little Pig got 24 bricks and built a wall along one side of his garden. The wall was 4 bricks high and 6 bricks across. Little Pig painted the wall. He painted the exposed faces of the bricks. How many faces of bricks did Little Pig have to paint? Write to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
3G-9)
Answer: (drawing)
Ronald
Rabbit began to draw a map for his cousin. He said, "Here we are at the
potato field on Lettuce Lane. Go forward 6 blocks to Radish Road and turn right.
Then go forward 4 blocks and turn left on Squash Street. Go forward 3 blocks to
Apple Avenue and turn right. Then go forward 4 blocks to Bean Boulevard. My home
is under the oak tree on that corner. Ring the bell and I'll let you in."
Can you show the path from the potato field to Ronald Rabbit's home?
Write to
help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-8)
Answer: 1 foot Hal
and his friends went digging for dinosaur teeth. They dug all along their path.
They started at their tent and walked north 5 feet toward the mountain. They
turned east toward the river and walked ahead 5 feet. They turned south toward
the fence and walked 3 feet. Then they turned west toward the trees and walked 4
feet. Finally they turned south toward the fence and walked 2 feet. There they
dug up a dinosaur tooth! How far was the dinosaur tooth from their tent? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-7)
Answer: 20 Will
gets on the elevator in a very tall building. Will is carrying five pizzas. He
goes up to the 8th floor, gets off the elevator; and delivers a pizza. He gets
back on the elevator; goes down 4 floors, and delivers another pizza. He gets
back on the elevator; goes up 11 floors, and delivers another pizza. He gets
back on the elevator and goes up 5 floors to the top floor of the building. He
delivers his last 2 pizzas on that floor. How many floors are there in the very
tall building? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-6)
Answer: front row: red-blue-orange; back row: green-black-yellow There's
a parking lot in the Taylor's family room. Six model cars are parked in the lot
like a 2x3 grid. The red car is parked in front of the green car. A black car is
parked between the green car and a yellow car. A blue car is parked on the right
side of the red car; and an orange car is parked in front of the yellow car.
What color is each car in the parking lot? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-5)
Answer: 45 Gary made a long tunnel of cardboard boxes in his backyard. He got 15 boxes. He cut 2 sides off each box. Then he put the boxes together in a long row. One night it rained. All the sides of the boxes that were not touching the ground got wet. How many sides got wet? Write to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
3G-4)
Answer: (several answers possible) Sam
put newspapers in 6 of the 9 mailboxes (arranged in a 3 by 3 grid) at the Pine
Apartments. He put one paper in each of 6 boxes. When he finished, there were 2
newspapers in each row and in each column of boxes.
Draw a picture of a way that Sam could have placed the newspapers. Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-3)
Answer: (several answers possible) Georgina
had 3 pennies, 3 nickels, and 3 dimes. She put them in 3 rows and 3 columns.
When she finished, there was one penny, one nickel, and one dime in each row and
in each column. Where did Georgina put each of her coins? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-2)
Answer: 6 rectangles; 3 squares Make
pictures of 15 shapes. 1/5 of the shapes are circles. 2/5 of the shapes are
rectangles. 1/5 are triangles. The rest are squares. How many shapes are
rectangles? How many shapes are squares? Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures. 3G-1)
Answer: Multiple answers are possible Draw
a shape that has five angles. Divide it into triangles. Write
to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
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