Think you’re smarter than a CFISD third-grade student? Test your wits against some sample third-grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) questions. New questions will be posted until Math TAKS testing concludes.

May 2

Which number does point W best represent on the number line below?

A. 745

B. 785

C. 765

D. 775

 

April 25

Kentrall is studying Native American homes. He made a model village, as shown below.

Which could be used to find the total number of homes in Kentrall’s model village?

A. 5 + 8 = __

B. 8 – 5 = __

C. 5 x 8 = __

D. 8 / 5 = __

 

April 18

Denise has 5 bird feeders in her yard. Which picture shows birdseed in more than 3/5 of the bird feeders?

A.

B.

C.

D.

April 11

Francine has 32 seashells and 15 rocks. What information is needed to find the number of her seashells that are NOT pink?

A. The total number of rocks and seashells

B. The number of rocks that are pink

C. The number of seashells that are white

D. The number of seashells that are pink

April 4

Yolanda saw 4 volleyball teams playing. Each team had 6 players, for a total of 24 players. Which number sentence is NOT in the same fact family as the others?

A. 4 x 6 = 24

B. 2 x 4 = 8

C. 6 x 4 = 24

D. 24 / 4 = 6

 

March 28

Which story problem below can be described by the equation 7 x 4 = 28?

A. Kim has 4 movies and 7 books. How many movies and books does Kim have in all?

B. Kim has 4 fewer movies than books. How many movies does Kim have?

C. Kim has 4 shelves with 7 books on each shelf. How many books does Kim have in all?

D. Kim has 28 books on 11 shelves. How many books are on each shelf?

 

March 21

Samuel’s family eats 4 to 6 apples every day. Which is a reasonable number of days that it will take Samuel’s family to eat a bag of 20 apples?

A. More than 10 days

B. Between 6 and 10 days

C. Between 3 and 6 days

D. Fewer than 3 days

March 14

Look at the two groups of numbers shown below.

Which statement about the numbers in these groups is true?

A. All the numbers in Group S are greater than 400.

B. All the numbers in Group R are odd.

C. All the numbers in Group R are less than 300.

D. All the numbers in Group S are even.

March 7

There are 24 children in Roberto’s class. There are more boys than girls. What additional information is needed in order to find how many more boys than girls there are in Roberto’s class?

A. The number of girls in third grade

B. The grade the children are in

C. The number of girls in Roberto’s class

D. The name of Roberto’s teacher

 

February 29

 Which two figures below appear to be congruent to the shapes inside the rectangle?

A. R and T

B. Q and R

C. R and S

D. S and T

February 22

Herman solved the problems shown below.

Which list shows these answers in the order of product, difference, sum, and quotient?

A. 3, 5, 7, 6

B. 6, 7, 3, 5

C. 6, 3, 7, 5

D. 6, 5, 7, 3

February 15

Glue sticks come in two different packages:

Madison needs exactly 26 glue sticks for art class. Which combination of packages totals 26 glue sticks?

A. 1 of Package A and 4 of Package B

B. 4 of Package A and 3 of Package B

C. 2 of Package A and 4 of Package B

D. 7 of Package A and 2 of Package B

 

February 8

Bianca has 2 pizzas that are cut into 6 slices each. She and 3 friends eat 9 slices. Which of these shows one way to find the number of slices Bianca has left?

A. Multiply 3 by 2 and then add 9

B. Multiply 2 by 6 and then add 3

C. Multiply 4 by 3 and then subtract 6

D. Multiply 2 by 6 and then subtract 9

 

February 1

Which figure shows more than 1 line of symmetry?

January 25

Wesley’s younger brother has the figures shown below.

Which of the following best describes these figures? (Click on the one that you think is correct.)

A. Circles, pyramids, and a square

B. Triangles, circles, a rectangle, and a square

C. Triangles, cubes, and spheres

D. Prisms, spheres, pyramids, and a cube

January 18

A zookeeper feeds bananas to the monkeys at the zoo. She counts the bananas in groups of 7. Which list shows only numbers the zookeeper counts? (Click on the one that you think is correct.)

A. 14, 21, 26, 36, 42

B. 14, 21, 28, 35, 42

C. 7, 12, 17, 22, 27

D. 7, 17, 27, 37, 47