February 2015

Grade Three Mathematics Contest

Please observe the following instructions:

1) You have 45 minutes to write the contest.
2) The contest is multiple-choice with four choices for each
question. Write the CAPITAL 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: ________________________

Score: / 30
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1) 12 + 3 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 14 =
A) 50 B) 60 C) 70 D) 80

2) Joshua loves to knit! He made a blue monster and a green monster. He gave Joanna
the one that is not green, leaving Joshua with the ____ monster.
A) Green B) Blue C) Neither D) Both

3) Ten movies were playing at the movie theatre. All but 7 of them were in 3-D. How
many of them were not in 3-D?
A) 3 B) 7 C) 10 D) 17

4) 3×5× 0 ×2 =
A) 0 B) 15 C) 30 D) 45

5) Order these numbers from least to greatest: –17, –23, –10, 17

A) –23, –17, 17, –10 B) 17, –10, –17, –23 C) –17, –10, –23, 17 D) –23, –17, –10, 17

6) 1 quarter + 5 dimes + 5 nickels = _____ cents

A) 11 B) 40 C) 75 D) 100

7) Jody had a big submarine sandwich that she wanted to share with 5 of her friends.
How many parallel cuts would she have to make to give everybody a fair piece?
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7

8) It was a wacky day in Weatherville! When Wandy woke up the weather was
14 degrees and it rose 9 more degrees. It then jumped another 12 degrees before
it dropped 4 degrees at noon. What temperature was it at noon?
A) 21 degrees B) 31 degrees C) 41 degrees D) 51 degrees

9) 2×2×5×5×2×5 =
A) 30 B) 50 C) 1 000 D) 10 000

10) Thomas has a laundry basket full of socks. There are 36 socks that are yellow, a
dozen socks that are purple, and 2 dozen socks that are orange. How many socks are
there in Thomas’ laundry basket?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 72 D) 80

11) Nine dogs ate an average of 9 treats each. Seven cats ate an average of 12 treats
each. How many more treats, on average, did the cats eat over the dogs?
A) 3 B) 9 C) 12 D) 84

12) 142 + 132 + 225 =

A) 42 B) 72 C) 380 D) 452

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13) James and his uncle are going to build a go-kart! To travel to his uncle’s house, he
can only travel south (down) and east (right) on a 3 × 4 grid. How many different
pathways can he take?
A) 30 B) 35 C) 40 D) 42

14) 8 ÷ 5×3×5 ÷2 ÷ 4 =
A) 3 B) 5 C) 9 D) 15

15) Sammy’s soccer game is 5 days before 1 week after 3 days before the day before
June 7th. When is Sammy’s soccer game?
A) June 1st B) June 5th C) June 7th D) June 12th

16) Which of the palindromes below is also a prime number?

A) 99 B) 77 C) 33 D) 11

17) Jaya had $24.68 in her savings account. Jaya wanted to buy a game for her brother
for his birthday. Her mother gave her $19.49 to spend on the game. If the game
was $21.78, how much does Jaya have to use from her savings to buy her brother
the game?
A) $2.29 B) $12.39 C) $21.78 D) $23.39

18) 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 = 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + __
A) 10 B) 20 C) 30 D) 40

19) Max’s school starts at 9:00 a.m. On Monday he had an appointment and he arrived
at school 84 minutes late. What time did Max arrive at school that day?
A) 9:44 a.m. B) 10:00 a.m. C) 10:24 a.m. D) 10:44 a.m.

20) Twelve students high-fived each other after getting an average of 40 on their drill.
If each student high fived each other once, how many high-fives were made in
total?
A) 12 B) 24 C) 66 D) 144

21) (The # of primes less than 10) x (the # of composites less than 10)
A) 8 B) 10 C) 16 D) 20

22) At the candy store there is a bin full of Skipples. In the bin there are 55 red ones,
61 yellow ones, and 49 purple ones. What is the least number of Skipples you would
need to take out in order to make sure you have removed at least one red Skipple?
A) 4 B) 16 C) 111 D) 130

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23) To prepare for the 2015 SMS Contest, Elizabeth worked through her contest prep
book. She practiced 3 pages on the first day, 5 pages on the next day and 11 pages
on the third day. If she started on the top of page 25 and worked through the
pages in order, on what page did she finish?
A) 44 B) 43 C) 42 D) 19

24) The number of sides in a square times the number of sides in a hexagon divided by the
number of sides in a triangle equals ____
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10

25) 100 people went to the annual winter fair. At the fair everyone participated in at least
one activity. Fifty-nine people built snowmen, 7 people built snowmen and got into a
snowball fight. How many people only had a snowball fight at the winter fair?
A) 41 B) 52 C) 56 D) 78

26) 5! – 4! = ______ (Hint: 10! = 10 × 9 × 8 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1)

A) 1 B) 5 C) 24 D) 96

27) 916 755 is divisible by

A) 3 B) 4 C) 9 D) 10

28) Josephine glued 6 large cubes together, as shown. She then decided to
paint her structure of cubes. If one bucket of paint could cover two
squares faces, how many buckets of paint would Josephine need?
A) 6 B) 11 C) 12 D) 22

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29) At Sarah’s birthday party, her cake was cut into 15 pieces. Her friends ate of her
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cake. How many pieces did they eat?
A) 2 B) 5 C) 10 D) 13

30) How many rectangles are there

in the shape to the right?

A) 10 B) 17 C) 21 D) 35

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