Grade Three Mathematics Sample Items by Reporting Achievement Level
A student scoring at the indicated level is likely to answer this item correctly.
Level 1 Sample Item
Megan baked 28 sugar cookies and 24 chocolate chip cookies. Enter the total number of cookies Megan baked in all.
Description: The student can solve a one-step problem using addition within 100.
The correct answer is 52.
Level 2 Sample Item
Jana has 107 wooden beads and 68 glass beads. How many more wooden beads than glass beads does Jana have?
Description: The student can solve a one-step problem using subtraction with numbers larger than 100.
The correct answer is 39.
Level 3 Sample Item
Part of a multiplication table is shown.
What two numbers correctly complete the pattern in the table? Enter your answers in the table.
Description: The student can identify multiple solutions to problems involving multiplication within 100 and identify patterns in the multiplication table.
The correct answer is 20 and 25.
Level 4 Sample Item
An input/output machine is shown.
- The same rule is used for each number that is put in the machine.
- Three numbers that came out of the machine are shown.
Enter the number that comes out of the machine when 915 is put in.
Description: The student can use properties of operations to analyze arithmetic patterns.
The correct answer is 930.
About These Items
Claim
Concepts and Procedures
Target D
Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.
Standards
3.OA.8: Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
3.OA.9: Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations.