About this book
Give your third grader the confidence to succeed on the Mississippi MAAP Grade 3 Math test.
This Smart Stars practice book provides five full-length, standards-aligned practice tests that mirror the length, item mix, and on-screen experience of the real Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) in Mathematics. Every question was written by experienced educators, reviewed for accuracy, and built around the 2016 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Mathematics at Grade 3.
Take a look inside
The MAAP is given to Mississippi public-school students each spring in Grades 3-8 (and in certain high-school courses).
- Delivery: a program of the Mississippi Department of Education, delivered by Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) on the DRC INSIGHT platform.
- Format: Grade 3 math is a fixed-form test given in a single session.
- Tools at Grade 3: taken without a calculator (calculators are not allowed in Grades 3-5; a ruler is provided when needed).
- Question types: multiple-choice questions with select-two items, true/false and yes/no tables, and fill-in-the-box numeric answers.
- Length: the test scores 49 questions and also slips in a few unscored “field-test” questions that look exactly like the rest.
- Each practice test here: 58 questions per test — 49 that count plus 9 unmarked field-test-style questions — for 290 questions in all, to build true test-day endurance.
What’s inside
- Five full-length practice tests, each given in a single no-calculator session, with detailed Answers and Explanations after every test
- Coverage of every Grade 3 math standard across all five Mississippi reporting categories (Operations & Algebraic Thinking, Number & Operations in Base Ten, Number & Operations — Fractions, Measurement & Data, and Geometry), weighted to match the MAAP test blueprint, where Operations & Algebraic Thinking carries the most questions
- Field-test-style questions blended invisibly and unmarked into each test, exactly as the MAAP embeds its own unscored field-test questions, and fully answered here so nothing on test day feels unfamiliar
- Practice in every MAAP item format: multiple choice, multiple select (“select two”), true/false and yes/no tables, type-in (fill-in-the-box) numeric answers, and figure-based questions — number lines, bar graphs, picture graphs, line plots, area grids, and fraction models — with the online drag-and-drop and hot-spot items rendered as clear print equivalents
- A combined Quick Answer Key at the back of the book for fast self-grading
- A family letter, a test-taking tips section, and a Grade 3 Math Study Reference Sheet (with a full multiplication table) up front
Topics covered
- Place value within 1,000: reading, writing, comparing, and rounding whole numbers to the nearest 10 and 100
- Multi-digit addition and subtraction within 1,000 (including subtracting across zeros) and real-world word problems, including whole-dollar amounts
- Multiplication and division within 100: facts, arrays, equal groups, and number-line models, the properties of operations, multiplying a one-digit number by a multiple of 10, and two-step word problems
- Fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8: unit fractions, fractions on a number line, equivalent fractions, and comparing fractions
- Number patterns and number sentences with an unknown
- Geometry: identifying quadrilaterals and other polygons by their attributes, and partitioning shapes into equal parts
- Area by tiling and by multiplying rows times columns, and perimeter by adding side lengths and by finding a missing side
- Telling time to the minute and finding elapsed time, and measuring liquid volume and mass in standard units
- Collecting and reading data on scaled bar graphs, picture graphs, and line plots marked in halves and fourths of an inch
How the MAAP is scored
- Mississippi reports each student in one of five achievement levels — Minimal, Basic, Passing, Proficient, or Advanced — and a student who reaches Passing or above meets the grade-level expectation, while Proficient and Advanced show above-grade mastery
- Grade 3 mathematics is reported on a scale score from 301 to 399
Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars
- Educator-authored: Every question is written and reviewed by classroom-experienced educators.
- Mirrors test day: Each practice test matches the official MAAP item mix, scored-question count, single-session no-calculator structure, and the unmarked field-test questions on the real test.
- Built for Mississippi: Aligned to the 2016 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards in Mathematics and the MAAP test blueprint, weighted toward Operations & Algebraic Thinking just like the real Grade 3 test.
- Explanations teach the why: Every Answers and Explanations entry shows the full worked solution, then a labeled closing Tip, Check, or Estimate (and a Strategy on multi-step problems) so students learn the reasoning.
- Varied and graduated: Slot positions, contexts, names, and number choices rotate test-to-test, and the five tests step up in difficulty so no two feel like the same practice run.
