EXEMPLAR TERM 1

GRADE 3: MATHEMATICS
BASELINE ASSESSMENT

Name: _____________________________________________________________

Class: ________________________________ Date: _______________________

School: _____________________________ Teacher: _____________________

Content Areas Questions Learner’s mark

Numbers, Operations and
Relationships, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
Patterns, Functions and 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
Algebra,
Space and Shape,
22, 23. 24.1, 24.2
Data Handling

TOTAL (30 marks)

Section A: Questions 1-11. Circle the correct answer and write the letter on the line
provided.

1. Write the number. (1)

a. 104 b. 149 c. 419 d. 194

2. Double the biggest multiple of 3 in the first row? ___________ (1)

a. 62 b. 66 c. 60 d. 68

3. Number of legs. _______ (1)

a. 40 b. 38 c. 32 d. 36

4. Write these numbers in ascending order. 121 112 212 122 (1)

a. 122 121 212 112

b. 112 121 212 122
c. 122 212 112 121
d. 112 121 122 212 ___________________________________

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 5. Which square shows one-half shaded? ______ a or b or c or d (1)

6. The number between A and C is. ________ (1)

105 115 125 135 145 155 165

a. 185 b. 195 c. 175 d. 180

7. Which number has 9 in the tens place, 1 in the hundreds place and 2 in the ones place? (1)

_________

a. 291 b. 912 c. 192 d. 219

8. The smallest uneven number between 200 and 195 is _____________. (1)

a. 193 b. 197 c. 191 d. 199

9. Which pattern does not belong. ______ (1)

a. 230 240 250 260

b. 200 190 180 170
c. 90 80 70 60
d. 215 216 217 218

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 10. Double this number. _______ (1)

a. 176 b. 252 c. 152 d. 276

Section B: Questions 11-20. Provide the correct answer as required.

11. Four hours earlier the time was. _______________________________ (1)

12. Make 9 groups of 3. Write the multiplication sentence. ___________________ (2)

13. Make the sides equal. ______________ (1)

120 + 27 = 40 +

14. Subtract 3 from 141. What is the answer? _______________ (1)

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 15. Circle the bigger number. (1)

148 184

16. 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 = _______________ (1)

17. Four more than 96 is? _______________ (1)

18. What is 69 – 20? _______________ (1)

19. Shade a quarter of each shape below.

19.1 (1) 19.2 (2)

20. Mrs Lee buys 58 apples and 19 oranges.

How many fewer oranges than apples did she buy? ___________ (1)

Workspace:

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 21. Match the kites and the children. (1)
There are ___________ more children than kites. (1)

kites

children

22. Box A is heavier than Box B. Box C is heavier than Box B.

Box C is lighter than Box A.

Arrange the boxes in order. Begin with the lightest box.

Box ________ ________ _________ (1)

23. The picture shows the number of ice -creams sold during one school week.

Day Number of ice creams sold during the school week.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Double the sum of the ice-creams sold on the last 3 days. _________________ (2)

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 24. Study the month of October on the calendar.

October 2021
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31

24.1 Lizzie’s birthday is on the 26 October and Paul’s birthday is five days earlier. Circle
Paul’s birthday on the calendar. (1)

24.2 There are _______ full weeks and ______ days in October totalling 31 days. (2)

30 marks

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