Financial Literacy STAAR Release Questions 3rd grade

Trey is describing his labor and income. Which statement could be a description of both labor andincome for Trey?

• Trey does volunteer work at a hospital

• Trey takes dogs for a walk after school and earns $25.

• Trey pays a company to repair his roof.

• Trey takes $25 out of his bank account and spends the money at a store.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

Ms. Patterson works for a company. Which factor would most likely affect the amount of money Ms. Patterson get paid by the company?

• The amount of money Ms. Patterson has to pay in bills

• The amount of money Ms. Patterson saves every month

• The size of Ms. Patterson's family

• The work experience Ms. Patterson has.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Nina works for a restaurant. The restaurant pays her every week for the work she does. Some weeks she works more hours then other weeks. Which statement is most likely true?

• When Nina works fewer hours, she earns more income from the restaurant.

• When Nina works more hours, the restaurant gets less labor from her.

• When Nina works more hours, she earns more income from the restaurant.

• When Nina works fewerhours, the restaurant gets more labor from her.

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CCSS.3.NF.A.3D

A city pays each police officer for the work the police officer does. Which factor would most likely NOT affect the amount of money this city pays a police officer?

• The number of years the police officer has worked for the city

• The special skills that police officer has

• The size of the police officer's family

Dahlia sold pineapples at a fruit stand. The table shows the number of pinapples Dahlia had for sale each week and the number of customers she expected to come to her fruit stand. In which week did Dahlia most likely sell her pineapples for the highest price?

• Week 2, because the number of pineapples was the same as the expected number of customers

• Week 3, because fewer customers were expected to come to the fruit stand this week than any other week

• Week 1, because the number of pineapples was greater than the expected number of customers

• Week 4, because the number of pineapples was less than the expected number of customers

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Bad weather destroyed most of the peaches on the peach trees in a orchard. This will have an effect of the price of remaining peaches. Which statement best describes the effect of the price?

• The price will likely increase, because there are more peaches available to buy.

• The price will likely decrease, because there are more peaches available to buy.

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  The price will likely increase, because there are few peaches available to buy.

• The price will likely decrease, because there are fewer peaches available to buy.

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

What are some benefits of saving money?

• To increase debt

• To increase interest on monthly bills

• to help spend money faster

• To prepare to pay for college

What are some benefits of saving money?

• To help pay for unplanned needs

• To have more bills

• To spend more

• To make more money

Claire borrowed $20 from her mom in order to buy game tokens at a festival. Her mom said Claire would have to pay the money back with interest. Which statement best explains what Claire's mom meant?

• She expected Claire to pay back the money she borrowed plus an additional amount of money.

• She expected Claire to pay back only part of the money she borrowed

• She expected Claire to keep the money she borrowed and not pay any of it back

• She expected Claire to pay back only the money she borrowed

Mrs. Willam's borrowed $6,000 from a bank to pay for some home repairs. She paid $7,500 back to the bank. Which of these is the most likely reason Mrs. Williams paid the bank more the the amount she borrowed?

• She actually needed more than $6,000 for the home repairs.

• She had to pay interest on the amount of money she borrowed

• She made a mistake in calculating the amount she needed to pay back

• She had to pay sales tax on the amount of money she borrowed

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3