About this book
Give your third grader the confidence to succeed on the Washington Smarter Balanced Grade 3 Mathematics test.
This book contains five full-length practice tests aligned to Washington’s K-12 Learning Standards for Mathematics at Grade 3 and designed to match the format, difficulty, and content of the real Smarter Balanced exam. Every question was written by experienced educators and reviewed for accuracy, so the topics and emphasis match what Washington students actually see on test day.
What’s inside
- Five complete full-length Mathematics practice tests, with detailed answer explanations after every test
- Authentic Smarter Balanced question types rendered for paper: multiple choice, multiselect, and type-in response
- Detailed, step-by-step answer explanations for every question, not just the correct letter
- A parent letter with test-taking tips and a Quick Answer Key for fast scoring
- Place value, and reading, comparing, and rounding whole numbers to the nearest ten and hundred
- Adding and subtracting within 1,000 with regrouping and in multi-step problems
- Multiplication and division within 100, including equal groups, arrays, and fact families
- Multiplying one-digit numbers by multiples of ten
- Two-step word problems using the four operations, and arithmetic patterns
- Fractions: unit fractions, fractions on a number line, equivalent fractions, and comparing fractions
- Telling time to the minute and solving elapsed-time problems
- Measuring liquid volume and mass in standard units
- Area and perimeter of rectangles, including finding an unknown side
- Reading and creating scaled picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots
- Classifying quadrilaterals and partitioning shapes into equal parts
No calculator is used at Grade 3, so students practice exactly as they will test, with only pencil and paper.
Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars
- Written by experienced educators who study Washington’s official test blueprints and released items
- Every question mirrors what students will see on test day, with no surprises
- Explanations teach the “why” behind every answer, so students learn from every mistake
- Aligned to Washington’s K-12 Learning Standards tested on the real Smarter Balanced exam