Give your third grader the confidence to succeed on the Utah RISE Grade 3 Math test.
This Smart Stars practice book provides five full-length, standards-aligned practice tests that mirror the length, item mix, and question types of the real RISE spring assessment in Mathematics. Every question was written by experienced educators, reviewed for accuracy, and built around the Utah Core Standards for Mathematics at Grade 3 (Utah’s own adopted state standards) so the topics and emphasis match what Utah students actually see.
RISE (Readiness, Improvement, Success, Empowerment) is the test the Utah State Board of Education gives to every public-school student in Grades 3-8. It is delivered by Cambium Assessment as an untimed, online, computer-adaptive test, with paper forms available as an accommodation. The spring administration is the one that counts toward grade-level results. The Grade 3 math test uses no calculator and no reference sheet, and it blends single-answer multiple choice with multiple-select (“choose the two”), type-in and equation-entry answers, drag-and-drop, plotting on grids and number lines, sentence-completion, and multi-part performance tasks. On the test a student answers about 45 scored questions, with a few unscored field-test questions mixed in invisibly. Each practice test here follows that same shape: 45 scored-style questions plus 6 field-test-style questions, 51 in all, for 255 questions across the book: to build true test-day endurance.
What’s inside
- Five full-length practice tests, with detailed Answers and Explanations after every test
- Coverage of every Grade 3 math reporting category RISE uses: Operations & Algebraic Thinking, Number & Operations-Fractions, Number & Operations in Base Ten, and a combined Measurement, Data & Geometry: weighted toward the Operations and Fractions work that carries the most questions, just like the real blueprint
- Field-test-style questions blended invisibly into each test, just like the real RISE, and fully answered here so nothing on test day feels unfamiliar
- Practice in every RISE item format rendered for paper: multiple choice, multiple select (“choose the two”), type-in/equation-entry answers, sentence-completion (“circle the choice”), drag-and-sort tasks, plotting points and fractions, draw-on-grid figures, find-the-error tasks, multi-part performance questions, number lines, line plots, area models, clocks, and figure-based geometry
- Every explanation walks through the reasoning step by step and ends with a labeled Tip, Check, or Estimate (with a Strategy on the multi-step questions), so students learn the move, not just the answer
- A combined Quick Answer Key after each test for fast self-grading
- A family letter, a test-taking tips section, and a Grade 3 math study reference page up front: included as a study aid, since the real RISE provides no reference sheet at Grade 3
- No-calculator practice throughout, matching the official RISE Grade 3-5 policy
No calculator and no reference sheet. The real Grade 3 test provides neither, so students practice exactly as they will test: with only pencil, paper, and what they have learned. An inch-and-centimeter ruler is helpful for the measurement and line-plot questions.
Topics covered
- Place value within 1,000, and reading, writing, comparing, and ordering whole numbers, plus rounding to the nearest ten and hundred
- Adding and subtracting whole numbers within 1,000, with and without regrouping, and two-step problems
- Understanding multiplication and division within 100 through arrays, equal groups, repeated addition, and number lines, and the way multiplication and division undo each other
- “Times as many” multiplicative comparison, multiplying one-digit numbers by multiples of ten, the distributive strategy, and arithmetic patterns
- Fractions as numbers: unit fractions, fractions of a whole and of a set, fractions on a number line, equivalent fractions, whole numbers written as fractions, and comparing and ordering fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator (halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths)
- Sorting and classifying quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, and trapezoids) and how they relate
- Perimeter of polygons, including finding an unknown side and composite (L-shaped) figures
- Area of a rectangle by tiling with unit squares and by multiplying side lengths, including composite rectangles
- Telling and writing time to the minute, and finding elapsed time
- Reading and building scaled picture graphs and bar graphs, and line plots marked in halves and quarters
- Analyzing data to answer “how many more,” combine-and-compare, and two-part questions
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 RISE blueprint, item mix, question formats, and no-calculator, no-reference-sheet policy, with field-test questions blended in invisibly just like the real test. Because RISE is computer-adaptive, no two students see the same form; this book simulates a fixed form built to the same Grade 3 blueprint.
- Built for Utah. Aligned to the Utah Core Standards for Mathematics at Grade 3 (Utah’s own adopted state standards) with grade-appropriate real-world contexts and a diverse cast of student names.
- 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: the later tests lean on more multi-step, multi-select, and two-part reasoning: so no two feel like the same practice run.