3rd Grade STAAR Practice

17. Models A and B are shown. Which statement is true?

• A) The shaded parts of Model A and Model B are different sizes, but each model represents the same fraction of the whole.

• B) The shaded part of Model B is 15, because the parts are all equal in size.

• C) The total number of parts in Model A is 6, so 16of Model A is shaded.

• D) The shaded parts of Model A cannot be written at the fraction16, because the parts are not all equal in size.

18. A group of 24 students completed an art project with the boxes shown. An equal number of the students shared each box.

How many students shared each box?

• A) 4

• B) 6

• C) 8

• D) 30

19. Point J on the number line represents two equivalent fractions.

Which two equivalent fractions can point J represent?

20. Jocelyn places 8 stickers on each page in her journal. One page of the journal is shown. How many stickers are on 9 pages of the album?

• A) 17

• B) 64

• C) 72

• D) 63

21. Five people at a store each bought a bag of chips. The table shows the amount of money each person gave the cashier and the amount of money each person got back in change.

Based on the relationship in the table, which statement is true?

• A) A bag of chips costs 34 cents, because the amount given to the cashier plus 34 equals the amount of change.

• B) A bag of chips costs 66 cents, because the amount given to the cashier minus 66 equals the amount of change.

• C) A bag of chips costs 34 cents, because the amount given to the cashier minus 34 equals the amount of change.

• D) A bag of chips costs 66 cents, because the amount given to the cashier plus 66 equals the amount of change.

22. An art teacher keeps packages of colored pencils in a closet. The table shows how many packages of each color are in the closet.

Which answer choice does NOT represent the information in the table?

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23. Ms. Kingston works for a company. Which factor would most likely affect the amount of money Ms. Kingston gets paid by the company?

• A) The amount of Ms. Kingston’s monthly rent payment.

• B) The number of people in Ms. Kingston’s family.

• C) The balance in Ms. Kingston’s checking account.

• D) The number of different languages that Ms. Kingston speaks.

24. Taylor, Austin, and Gus were in a hot dog eating contest.

•Taylor ate 93 hot dogs.

•Austin ate 37 hot dogs.

•Gus ate 29 hot dogs.

What was the difference between the number of hot dogs Taylor ate and the combined number of hot dogs that Austin and Gus ate?

25. A model of Margorie’s journal isshown. Use the ruler provided to measure the length and width of the journal to the nearest inch.

Which measurement is closest to the perimeter of the journal in inches?

• A) 9 in

• B) 14 in

• C) 18 in

• D) 20in

26. There are 4 classes playing on the playground together at recess.

•Each class has 12 students.

•All of the students join together to make 6 teams to play a game.

•There is an equal number of students in each of the groups.

How many students are in each group?

• A) 2

• B) 42

• C) 8

• D) 288