MCAS Math Practice Test | Math Worksheet Packet with Answer Key and Lesson Plan

MCAS math practice test for 3rd grade

This MCAS math practice test is an 11 page packet with 70 questions for 3rd grade. It is built as a review before the test, and it works well as a class set or as a take-home review.

The questions are spread over five math areas, from multiplication facts to area and perimeter, and there is a full answer key with an explanation for every answer.

Teachers who need an MCAS math practice test they can print in one go will find the worksheet, answer sheet, answer key and lesson plan in a single download, so there is nothing else to prepare.

If you are searching for 3rd grade MCAS math practice or grade 3 MCAS math material, this is an MCAS math worksheet with answer key and a plan for using it. It also doubles as a 3rd grade math review at any point in the year.

What’s on the pages

The worksheet has five sections. Each one has its own heading and short directions at the top.

• Operations and algebraic thinking: 15 questions on multiplication and division, such as the product of 5 x 6 or 7 x 7.
• Number and operations in base ten: 15 questions on adding, subtracting and rounding, like rounding 324 to the nearest hundred.
• Understanding fractions: 10 true or false statements, for example whether 5/6 is less than 1/6, and what a unit fraction is.
• Measurement, time and data: 15 questions on reading an analog clock, estimating liquid volume and finding elapsed time.
• Geometry, area and perimeter: 15 fill in the blank questions that use a Number Bank, such as the area of a rectangle that is 10 units long and 6 units wide.

The word problems are short. One asks what time it is when a student who starts homework at 1:10 PM works for 40 minutes.

What’s in the download

• Student worksheet: 11 pages
• Answer key: 15 pages, with a short explanation after each answer
• Answer sheet: 3 pages
• Lesson plan: 2 pages

The four parts add up to 31 pages, and everything comes as PDF.

How to use this MCAS math practice test

The lesson plan is set for 90 minutes. Each student gets the worksheet and an answer sheet, the teacher keeps the answer key, and the plan walks through the five sections in order.

Its objectives match the five sections: fluency in multiplication and division within 100, base-ten operations and rounding, equivalent and unit fractions, elapsed time, mass, liquid volume and graph data, and area and perimeter of basic shapes.

You do not have to give the whole packet at once. Many teachers will give one or two sections a day for a week, so the MCAS math practice test becomes a short daily review instead of one long sitting.

The answer sheet lets students bubble in answers for the multiple choice questions and write answers for the rest, which is a good way to get them used to filling in a separate sheet.

The answer key is useful for students too. Each answer has a short explanation, so a student who got a question wrong can see the step to fix, and a parent can help with the review at home.

Who it is for

Because the sections are short, it fits a morning work routine, a math center or a substitute folder, and the answer key means a sub can check the work.

It is written for 3rd grade classrooms in Massachusetts and for any teacher who wants a mixed review of 3rd grade math topics. Homeschool families and tutors can use it as a check of where a child stands before spending time on one topic.

Take a look at the preview pages before you buy, so you can see how the worksheet, the answer key and the answer sheet look.

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