Wisconsin Forward Exam Mathematics — Grade 3

Marcus puts 4 apples into each of 5 gift bags. Which equation shows the total number of apples Marcus puts into the bags?

• A4 + 5 = 9
• B5 × 4 = 20
• C20 ÷ 5 = 4
• D5 + 5 + 5 = 15

A teacher divides 24 pencils equally among 6 students. How many pencils does each student receive?

• A3
• B4
• C5
• D6

There are 6 bicycles in a bike rack. Each bicycle has 2 wheels. How many total wheels are on the bicycles?

• A8 wheels
• B10 wheels
• C12 wheels
• D14 wheels

What unknown number makes the equation true? 7 × ? = 42

• A5
• B6
• C7
• D8

Which expression has the exact same value as 8 × 4?

• A8 + 4
• B4 × 8
• C8 ÷ 4
• D4 + 4 + 4

Solving 36 ÷ 9 is the same as finding the missing number in which multiplication equation?

• A36 × ? = 9
• B? × 9 = 36
• C9 + ? = 36
• D36 - ? = 9

What is the product of 9 and 7?

• A56
• B63
• C72
• D81

What is 56 ÷ 8?

• A6
• B7
• C8
• D9

What pattern is formed when any whole number is multiplied by 2?

• AThe result is always an odd number.
• BThe result is always an even number.
• CThe result always ends in 5.
• DThe result is always greater than 50.

A gardener plants 7 rows of flowers with 8 flowers in each row. How many flowers did the gardener plant in all?

• A48 flowers
• B54 flowers
• C56 flowers
• D64 flowers

Maya has 45 stickers. She puts 5 stickers on each page of her notebook. How many pages does she use?

• A8 pages
• B9 pages
• C10 pages
• D40 pages

Find the missing number that makes the equation true: ? ÷ 7 = 8

• A15
• B49
• C56
• D64

Which expression uses the distributive property to find the product of 7 × 9?

• A(7 × 5) + (7 × 4)
• B(7 × 9) + 1
• C(7 + 5) × (7 + 4)
• D(7 × 10) - 9

Which equation shows the associative property of multiplication?

• A(2 × 3) × 4 = 2 × (3 × 4)
• B2 × 3 = 3 × 2
• C2 × 1 = 2
• D2 × (3 + 4) = (2 × 3) + (2 × 4)

Noah bought 3 packs of trading cards with 8 cards in each pack. His brother gave him 5 more cards. How many cards does Noah have in all?

• A24 cards
• B27 cards
• C29 cards
• D39 cards

Olivia had $50. She bought a shirt for $14 and divided the remaining money equally among 4 piggy banks. How much money did she put in each piggy bank?

• A$8
• B$9
• C$10
• D$12

A bakery made 6 trays of muffins with 9 muffins on each tray. They sold 38 muffins in the morning. How many muffins are left?

• A16 muffins
• B18 muffins
• C24 muffins
• D54 muffins

Liam has 4 boxes of crayons with 6 crayons in each box. Sophia has 3 boxes of crayons with 8 crayons in each box. Who has more crayons?

• ALiam has more crayons.
• BSophia has more crayons.
• CThey both have the exact same number of crayons.
• DLiam has twice as many crayons as Sophia.

Which value for n makes the equation 8 × n = 72 true?

• A7
• B8
• C9
• D64

What is 72 ÷ 9?

• A7
• B8
• C9
• D81

Look at the pattern of products when multiplying by 5: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30... What is true about the ones digit of every product of 5?

• AThe ones digit is always 0 or 5.
• BThe ones digit is always an even number.
• CThe ones digit is always 5.
• DThe ones digit increases by 2 each time.

Ethan has 4 bags of marbles with 7 marbles in each bag. He gives 10 marbles to a friend. How many marbles does Ethan have now?

• A18 marbles
• B28 marbles
• C38 marbles
• D14 marbles

32 students are going on a field trip in vans. If each van holds 8 students, how many vans are needed to take all the students?

• A3 vans
• B4 vans
• C5 vans
• D24 vans

What is the product of 0 and 15?

• A0
• B1
• C15
• D150

An art teacher buys 5 packages of paintbrushes with 12 brushes in each package. She gives 27 brushes to her morning class. How many brushes does she have left for her afternoon class?

• A33 brushes
• B37 brushes
• C43 brushes
• D60 brushes

Benjamin earns $6 per hour walking dogs. On Saturday he worked 4 hours. On Sunday he spent half of his total earnings on a book. How much money does Benjamin have left?

• A$8
• B$10
• C$12
• D$24

What number goes in the box to make the statement true? (4 × 6) + 5 = (? × 5) + 4

• A4
• B5
• C6
• D25

A farmer harvested 48 apples. He kept 8 apples for his family and packed the rest equally into 5 boxes. How many apples are in each box?

• A6 apples
• B8 apples
• C9 apples
• D10 apples

Consider the sequence: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24... Which rule describes this pattern and what is the 9th number in the sequence?

• ARule: Add 4; 9th number is 32.
• BRule: Add 4; 9th number is 36.
• CRule: Multiply by 2; 9th number is 36.
• DRule: Add 6; 9th number is 40.

Which equation shows how to break apart 8 × 7 into two smaller multiplication facts using the distributive property?

• A8 × 7 = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2)
• B8 × 7 = (8 × 5) × (8 × 2)
• C8 × 7 = (4 × 7) + (2 × 7)
• D8 × 7 = (8 + 5) × (8 + 2)

What is 64 rounded to the nearest 10?

• A50
• B60
• C65
• D70

What is 372 rounded to the nearest 100?

• A300
• B370
• C380
• D400

What is 234 + 145?

• A379
• B389
• C369
• D479

What is 587 - 234?

• A343
• B353
• C363
• D354

What is 3 × 40?

• A12
• B70
• C120
• D1200

What is 6 × 50?

• A30
• B300
• C350
• D3000

A school library has 486 science books. What is 486 rounded to the nearest 100?

• A400
• B480
• C490
• D500

A runner ran 278 meters. What is 278 rounded to the nearest 10?

• A270
• B275
• C280
• D300

What is 468 + 375?

• A833
• B843
• C853
• D743

What is 600 - 247?

• A353
• B363
• C453
• D463

On Monday, a zoo had 385 visitors. On Tuesday, it had 467 visitors. How many total visitors did the zoo have on Monday and Tuesday combined?

• A742
• B842
• C852
• D862

An elementary school raised $834 for a charity drive. The middle school raised $569. How much more money did the elementary school raise than the middle school?

• A$255
• B$265
• C$275
• D$335

A movie theater sells tickets for $8 each. If 70 people buy tickets for the afternoon show, how much money does the theater collect?

• A$56
• B$500
• C$560
• D$5600

What number makes the equation true? ? × 60 = 420

• A6
• B7
• C8
• D70

Which estimate is closest to the sum of 289 + 412 when both numbers are rounded to the nearest 100?

• A600
• B700
• C800
• D900

Which addition sentence can be used to check the answer to 724 - 381 = 343?

• A724 + 381 = 1105
• B343 + 381 = 724
• C724 + 343 = 1067
• D381 - 343 = 38

A warehouse had 900 boxes of supplies. On Monday, 348 boxes were shipped out. On Tuesday, 275 boxes were shipped out. How many boxes remain in the warehouse?

• A277 boxes
• B287 boxes
• C377 boxes
• D623 boxes

A school bought 9 boxes of markers. Each box contains 30 markers. How many total markers did the school buy?

• A240 markers
• B270 markers
• C300 markers
• D360 markers