MATHEMATICS SPECIMEN TEST PAPER A
GRADE 3
Total marks
40
Duration: 45 minutes
NAME: ______________________________________
CLASS: ______________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES
Write your name and class in the spaces provided.
Answer all the questions. Show your working clearly in the spaces provided
in the booklet.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or
part question.
You are not allowed to use calculator for this paper.
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1
Write the number 528 in words.
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[1]
2
Fill in the missing number.
438 =
tens + 88 ones
tens [1]
3
Draw all the lines of symmetry on the figure below.
[1]
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4
Round off the number 716
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(a) to the nearest hundred.
[1]
(b) to the nearest ten.
[1]
5
How many beans are there? Give your answer in numerals.
[1]
6
Here are some numbers. Which is the smallest number?
942
734
236
250
816
[1]
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7
Here is a diagram of a prism.
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(a) How many edges does it have?
[1]
(b) How many vertices does it have?
[1]
8
Ron had 231 stickers. He gave 100 of them to his sister. How many stickers
did he have left?
[1]
9
Fill in the blanks.
(a) In the number 904, the digit that is in the hundreds place is
.
[1]
(b) In the number 560, the digit ‘0’ is in the
place.
[1]
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10
Kelly is thinking of a three-digit number. When she rounds it off to the
nearest hundred, the answer is 200.
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(a) What is the greatest possible three-digit number that she is
thinking of?
[1]
(b) What is the smallest possible three-digit number that she is
thinking of?
[1]
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Draw lines to match each prism with its name.
Pentagonal prism
Rectangular prism
Triangular prism
Hexagonal prism
[4]
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Approximately how many carrots are there in the picture above?
Give your answer to the nearest 10.
[1]
13
Fill in the box with > or <.
345
360
[1]
14
Arrange these numbers in order. Begin with the smallest.
,
451
164
,
,
716
751
467
smallest
[1]
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In each of the three-digit numbers below, both the letters ‘A’ and ‘B’ stand
for even numbers that are greater than 5.
1 A
3 >
1
B
3
(a) What number does the letter ‘A’ stand for?
[1]
(b) What number does the letter ‘B’ stand for?
[1]
16
Look at the model below. How many prisms are there?
[1]
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17
Write the missing numbers in these patterns.
(a)
, 234, 238, 242,
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, 250
[1]
(b) 458,
, 452,
, 446, 443
[1]
18
Colour the squares so that the pattern in each grid is symmetrical.
(a)
[1]
(b)
[1]
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19
The picture shows a jar of cookies.
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Daniel estimated that there are about 32 to 47 cookies in the jar.
Ling estimated that there are about 38 to 65 cookies in a jar. If the number
of cookies falls within both Daniel’s and Ling’s estimate, what is the best
estimate of the number of cookies? Use a number line to help you.
to
20
[3]
Here are some solids. Circle the solid that is a prism.
[1]
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21
Mr Lee donated 5 books to the library in January. In February, he donated
one more book than he did in January. Every month, he continued to
donate one more book than he did the previous month. If he donated
books to the library every month from January to June, how many books
did he donate altogether?
[2]
22
Ray wants to make a three-digit number from the digits 2, 4, 7 and 9.
He can use each digit only once for each number.
(a) What is the smallest even number that he can make?
[1]
(b) What is the greatest odd number that he can make?
[1]
23
Tony is making a symmetrical figure. Complete his drawing.
[1]
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24
Jackie wants to compare two three-digit numbers to find out which
number is greater. The two numbers do not have any common digits.
Which place value should she look at to compare the numbers?
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place [1]
25
Jacob and Ramesh are playing a board game. Jacob is 32 squares ahead of
Ramesh, but he landed on a square that made him lose eight consecutive
turns. Ramesh threw the six-sided die eight times, each with the same
number. His token landed on the same square as Jacob’s token. What was
the number that appeared on Ramesh’s die each time he threw the die?
[2]
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