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Getting ready for 3rd grade math

Find a useful starting point before a new school year. Answer twelve questions, review the reasoning, and choose a manageable practice routine.

What this check covers

  • Writing three-digit numbers in expanded form
  • Adding with regrouping
  • Subtracting with regrouping
  • Equal groups
  • Length units
  • Time to the hour

Allow 15–25 minutes with paper for working. Use “Not sure yet” freely. Try without a calculator unless your normal learning support requires one. These are selected prerequisites, not the entire grade curriculum. High-school course order varies; our grade 11 check emphasizes Algebra 2 foundations and grade 12 emphasizes precalculus/calculus foundations.

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3rd Grade entry check

12 questions · No time limit

Choose an answer or enter it as shown. You can include units. Select “Not sure yet” to mark a skill for practice. Results stay on this page unless you download them.

1 Expand 526.
2 Write 700 + 9 in standard form.
3 Find 36 + 27.
4 Find 58 + 16.
5 Find 51 − 26.
6 Find 80 − 35.
7 There are 4 bags with 3 apples in each. How many apples?
8 There are 2 rows of 5 dots. How many dots?
9 A strip covers 7 one-centimeter spaces. How long is it?
10 A 9 cm ribbon loses 2 cm. How much remains?
11 The hour hand points at 4 and minute hand at 12. What time is it?
12 What time is one hour after 6:00?