Name _____________________________________

Class

Mr. Toths
Mental Math Strategies

Test
Date_______________________________________
Grade 3

The Hill family and the Dale Family are going on a hunting trip
together. Below are questions to help them prepare for the
trip, help them get to where they need to go, and see how
successful their trip was!

Please
Read all questions carefully
Show a numeric expression for each question
Show an answer with a digit for each question
Circle the strategy you used for each question
Use as many strategies as you can
Choose any ONE question from the test to answer question
6

1.

Question
There are 7 Hill Family, and
there are 8 people in the Dale
Family, how many people are
going on the hunting trip all
together?

Numeric Expression & Work

Strategy
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2.

The Hill family has 6 deer tags

and the Dale family has 10
deer tags. How may more deer
tags does the Dale family
have?

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3.

The Dale Family brought 9

cases of Ammunition and used
5 of them on the hunt. How
many cases of ammunition did
the hill family have left over?

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4.

To Get from Mountain View to

the Hunting Cabin the hunters
must take 2 roads one that is
8km long and one that is 9km
long. How many km do they
have to travel in total to get
from Mountain View to the
hunting cabin?

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5.

The Dale Family saw 4 deer

during the first half of the trip
and saw 6 deer on the second
half of the trip. How many
deer did they see in total

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6.

Choose any question from this test to show your knowledge of mental math strategies (2-5 complete
sentences)
Question_________ Strategy _____________________________________________________________________Why
did you use this strategy?

Context:
Used to assess
Grade 3
students after
being tested on
their ability to
apply mental
math strategies
to a real world
scenario. 4
word problems
and 1
explanation of a
strategy use
made up the
questions.
____ /16
Explanation of
strategy use

Extending
(4)

Mental Math Test Rubric

Achieving
Developing
(3)
(2)

Your Child
demonstrates
exemplary
academic
performance by
extending their
learning and
applying their
knowledge in a
variety of
situations

Your Child
demonstrates
consistent
academic
performance
which indicates
a solid
understanding
of the learner
outcomes

Your Child
demonstrates
basic academic
performance
which indicates
a partial
understanding
of the learner
outcomes

Explicit
explanation of
why they
selected
strategy

Convincing
explanation of
why they
selected
strategy

Reasonable
explanation of
why they
selected
strategy

Beginning
(1)

Inefficient
Evidence

Your Child
needs more
time and
support in
developing
learner
outcomes

Unsupported
explanation of
why they
selected
strategy

Use of variety
of Strategies
Accuracy of
numeric
answers
Understandin
g of Real
world
application

All 5 Strategies
where used
81-100%

3-4 Strategies
where used
61-80%

2 Strategies
where used
31-60%

1 Strategy was
used
0-30%

Created
Expression for
all 10 numeric
questions

Created
Expression for
7-9 numeric
questions

Created
Expression for
4-6 numeric
questions

Created
Expression for 3
or less numeric
questions

Practice Questions
1
Tim was given 10 dollars for
his allowance he spent 6
dollars on hockey cards,
how much money does he
have left over?

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Julie is printing invitations

for her birthday party. She is
inviting 8 friends from
school and 7 of her friends
from judo class, how many
invitations will she need to
print?

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If it takes 5 minutes to get

from my house to my
friends house and 9 minutes
to get from my friends
house to school how long
will it take to leave home
pick up my friend and get to
school?

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If my turkey gobbler
weighted 5 pounds at in
spring and by winter he
weighs 12 pounds how
many pounds did gobbler
gain between spring and
winter?

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If a basketball player scores

4 points in the first half of a
game and 5 points in the
second half of the game
how many points did he
score in total?

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