2006

Grade Three Mathematics Competition

Please observe the following instructions:

1) You have 45 minutes to write the competition.
2) The contest is multiple-choice with four choices for each
question. Write the letter of the answer you choose on the
line to the right of each question.
3) Each question answered correctly is worth one mark, and
the sum of the correct answers is the score.
4) Marks are not taken off for wrong answers.
5) No calculators are allowed.

Student Name: ________________________

Day School Grade: ______

Score: / 30
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1) 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 24 + 24 + 24 + 24 =
a) 130 b) 140 c) 150 d) 160
2) Sheena is twice as old as Vera. If Vera is 7 years old, how old is Sheena?
a) 6 b) 7 c) 14 d) 16
3) At Harold’s Hot Dog Hut, one giant hot dog is shared between 5 kids. How many
cuts will Harold have to make so that everyone gets a piece?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
4) Which of these numbers is greater than 9 and less than 13?
a) 7 b) 8 c) 12 d) 15
5) The Riley brothers went picking blueberries. Ryan picked 157 berries, Rex picked
238 berries and Ron picked 92 berries. Altogether, they picked approximately
____ berries.
a) 400 b) 500 c) 600 d) 700
6) Twenty six crows were sitting on a beam
All but 12 flew away,
Leaving only _______.
a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 26
7) Seventeen Sporty Scouts used their scooters to get to the skating park. All but 8
did not skate over the jump. How many sporty scouts skated over the jump?
a) 25 b) 17 c) 9 d) 8

8) On Monday, there were 10 dogs in the kennel. Six ran away on Tuesday, 3 of them
came back on Wednesday and 1 ran away on Thursday. How many dogs were in the
kennel on Friday?
a) 4 b) 6 c) 9 d) 17

9) Matt’s average on two drills was 15. What will he have to get on his third drill to
raise his average to 16?
a) 15 b) 16 c) 18 d) 21

10) There are 24 students in Ms. Take’s Grade 3 class. 14 of the students like drills
and 20 like POWs. Some like both. How many students like drills only?
a) 16 b) 14 c) 8 d) 4

11) 2 4 8 16 32
What is the next fraction in the pattern , , , , ,...
3 6 12 24 48
64 128 66 34
a) b) c) d)
96 96 72 50
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12) How many blocks are in this diagram?

a) 50 b) 28 c) 55 d) 27

13) Paloma decided to paint all of the prime numbers between 0 and 100 on her
bedroom wall. What will be the fifth number that Paloma paints?
a) 11 b) 9 c) 7 d) 5
14) Mickey was reading, “Mr. Mouse”. He started reading at the top of page
19 and read 30 pages. On what page did Mickey finish reading?

a) 46 b) 47 c) 48 d) 49
15) Tim and June sold dandelions for 1¢ each. If they made $9, how many dandelions
did they sell?
a) 9 b) 90 c) 900 d) 9000
16) There are 24 buildings on the street. New number signs are made for each of the
buildings using numbers from 1 to 24. How many times will a 2 be used in the new
signs?
a) 10 b) 8 c) 5 d) 4
17) Four books are placed side-by-side on a table. The red (R) book is not beside the
blue (B) or yellow (Y). The blue book is to the right of the green (G) book. The
yellow book is beside only one other book. What is the proper order of the books?
a) RBYG b) YBGR c) RGBY d) RGYB

18) Isaac is thinking of a number between 80 and 100. His number is divisible by 3, 6
and 9. What is his number?
a) 88 b) 90 c) 97 d) 99

19) Two numbers have a sum of 10 and a difference of 2. What is the larger of the two
numbers?
a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9

20) Vern bought 4 apples and Dan bought 3 apples. They paid $14. How much money did
Vern pay for his apples?
a) $2 b) $8 c) $6 d) $12
21) Adam gave ¼ of his marbles for a race car. He gave eight marbles. How many
marbles did Adam start with?
a) 4 b) 16 c) 24 d) 32
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22) Mark and his friends went out to play badminton at 3:45pm. They had to be home
for supper at 5:30pm. How long did they get to play badminton?
a) 2 hours, 30 min. b) 2 hour

c) 1 hours, 45 min. d) 1 hour, 30 min.

23) Tia started at her house and drove 3 km to the first bus stop. She then drove 2 km
to the second bus stop and 7 km to the last bus stop. How many km did Tia travel
from the first bus stop to the last bus stop?
a) 4 b) 7 c) 9 d) 13
24) Mo bought 2 ½ metres of ribbon. He needed pieces that were ½ metre. How
many ½ metre pieces would he get from his ribbon?

a) 2 b) 4 c) 5 d) 8
25) 5 8 6 3
Order these fractions from least to greatest: , , ,
16 16 16 16

8 5 3 6 5 8 6 3 3 5 6 8 8 5 6 3
a) , , , b) , , , c) , , , d) , , ,
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
26) A box full of oranges weighs 11 kg and the oranges alone weigh 10 kg. How much
does the empty box weigh?
a) 1 kg b) 10 kg c) 15 kg d) 20 kg

27) Joe conducted an underwater research one week after 5 days before 3 days after
Coe’s birthday. If Coe’s birthday is April 26th what day did Joe conduct his
research?
a) Apr.25th b) Apr. 31st c) May 1st d) May 3rd

28) A rectangle can be made up of 2 triangles.

What is the smallest number of triangles needed to make a pentagon?

a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2

29) Alan’s Automobiles was selling out their cars and motorcycles. He had a total of 15
vehicles and 42 wheels. How many motorcycles did Alan have?
a) 7 b) 9 c) 16 d) 21
30) Four friends share a pile of coins so they each have the same amount of money. If
one has only quarters, one has only dimes, one has only nickels and the other has
only pennies, what is the fewest number of coins they could have all together?
a) 33 b) 42 c) 54 d) 67

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