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PARCC Online Practice Test 3rd Grade

Third grade math in the four parts of the PARCC blueprint, answered online or printed as a paper test.

Which story can be shown by 6 × 8?

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The real test: PARCC math, grade 3

Task types
Type I: concepts, skills and procedures, machine scored. Type II: mathematical reasoning. Type III: modeling and application.
Scored tasks, full form
36 Type I, 4 Type II and 3 Type III. Field-test items that do not count are added.
Scored tasks, short form
27 Type I, 3 Type II and 3 Type III, worth 52 points.
Points by sub-claim
Major content 20, additional and supporting content 10, reasoning 10, modeling 12 (short form).
Units and calculator
Full form: four units of 60 minutes. Short form: three units of 60 minutes. Every unit is non-calculator.
Scores
Five performance levels on a scale of 650 to 850. In grade 3 mathematics Level 4 runs from 750 to 789 and Level 5 from 790 to 850.

Checked October 12, 2026 against New Meridian's mathematics blueprints, unit structure and evidence statement tables, and the PARCC score ranges printed by the District of Columbia's state education office. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

The grade 3 evidence statements

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All 52 questions

Major content 20

  • 48 stickers are put on 6 pages, with the same number on each page. What does 48 ÷ 6 tell you? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.2
  • A bus ride takes 48 minutes. Sam has been on the bus for 29 minutes. How many minutes of the ride are left? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.MD.1-2
  • A garden has 7 rows of tomato plants. Each row has 9 plants. How many tomato plants are in the garden? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.3-1
  • A number line from 0 to 1 is split into 4 equal parts. What number is at the end of the third part, counting from 0? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.NF.2
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Major content, continued

  • A pan of cornbread is cut into 8 equal pieces. Rosa eats 3 pieces. What fraction of the cornbread does she eat? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.NF.1
  • A rectangle is 4 feet wide and 9 feet long. What is its area? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.MD.7b-1
  • A ribbon is 72 centimeters long. It is cut into pieces that are each 8 centimeters long. How many pieces are there? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.3-4
  • A rug covers 54 square feet. One side of the rug is 6 feet long. How long is the other side? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.3-3
  • A soccer game starts at 3:25 and ends at 4:10. How long is the game? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.MD.1-1
  • An L-shaped floor is made of two rectangles that do not overlap. One is 5 meters by 3 meters. The other is 2 meters by 4 meters. What is the area of the whole floor? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.MD.7d
  • Maya has 5 packs of crayons with 8 crayons in each pack. She gives 12 crayons to her brother. How many crayons does she have left? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.8
  • One bottle holds 2 liters of water. How many liters do 9 of these bottles hold? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.MD.2-2
  • One loaf of bread uses 8 grams of salt. How many grams of salt do 6 loaves use? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.3-2
  • What number is missing in 9 × ? = 72? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.4
  • Which fraction is equal to 3 wholes? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.NF.3c
  • Which fraction names the same amount as 2/3? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.NF.3b-1
  • Which multiplication fact helps you find 42 ÷ 6? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.6
  • Which of these four facts is true? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.7-2
  • Which statement about 3/8 and 3/4 is true? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.NF.3d
  • Which story can be shown by 6 × 8? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 3.OA.1

Additional and supporting content 10

  • A bar graph shows 40 red marbles, 25 blue marbles and 30 green marbles. How many more marbles are red or blue than green? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.MD.3-3
  • A rectangle has a perimeter of 34 inches. Its length is 10 inches. What is its width? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.MD.8
  • A rectangle is split into 6 parts that all have the same area. What fraction of the rectangle’s area is each part? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.G.2
  • In a picture graph, each picture of a book stands for 5 books. How many pictures are needed to show 35 books? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.MD.3-1
  • Kai measures four leaves to the nearest quarter inch. Their lengths are 2 1/4, 2 1/2, 2 1/4 and 3 inches. On a line plot of the lengths, how many marks go above 2 1/4? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.MD.4
  • What is 478 + 356? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.NBT.2
  • What is 702 − 286? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.NBT.2
  • What is the product 8 × 60? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.NBT.3
  • Which shape has four sides but is not a rectangle, a rhombus or a square? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.G.1
  • Which two rectangles have the same perimeter but different areas? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 3.MD.8

Reasoning 10

  • A 6-by-7 rectangle is cut into a 6-by-5 rectangle and a 6-by-2 rectangle. Which equation shows that the area stays the same? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.1-3
  • Ana says that 4 times any whole number is an even number. Why is she right? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.1-2
  • Jo finds 2 × 4 × 5 by multiplying 2 × 4 first and then 8 × 5. Which other way gives the same answer? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.1-1
  • Mia says 56 ÷ 8 = 8 because 8 × 8 = 56. What is her mistake? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.4-2
  • On the same number line, 2/4 and 1/2 are marked at the same point. What does that show? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.6-1
  • Pat had 50 cards. He gave 4 cards to each of 6 friends. He wrote 50 − 4 = 46 and then 46 × 6. What should he have done? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.4-3
  • Tom says 1/6 of a pie is more than 1/4 of the same pie because 6 is more than 4. What is wrong with his thinking? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.4-4
  • Which expression has the same value as 7 × 6? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.1-1
  • Which statement explains why 63 ÷ 7 = 9? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.2
  • Which work uses the equals sign correctly to find 3 × 5 + 9? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 3.C.5-1

Modeling 12

  • A baker makes 6 trays of rolls with 8 rolls on each tray. She sells 29 rolls in the morning and 12 rolls in the afternoon. How many rolls are left? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1
  • A class has 4 tables with 6 students at each table. 3 more students sit at desks. All of the students form teams of 9. How many teams are there? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1
  • A dog eats 2 cans of food a day. A cat eats 1 can a day. A shelter has 3 dogs and 4 cats. How many cans does the shelter use in 7 days? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1
  • A farmer packs 54 brown eggs into cartons of 6 and 40 white eggs into cartons of 8. How many cartons does he fill in all? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1
  • A garden is a rectangle 8 meters long and 6 meters wide. A square shed that is 3 meters on each side stands inside it. How much of the garden is left for planting? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1
  • A rope is 85 feet long. Dad cuts off 27 feet. Then he cuts off 19 feet more. Then he ties on a new piece that is 34 feet long. How long is the rope now? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.2
  • A store had 345 red balloons and 280 blue balloons. It sold 198 balloons on Friday and 207 balloons on Saturday. How many balloons are left? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.2
  • Ava does homework for 20 minutes, eats lunch for 25 minutes and walks to the theater for 10 minutes, with no breaks. She gets there at 2:15. What time did she start her homework? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1
  • Juice comes in packs of 6 bottles. Mr. Diaz needs 1 bottle for each of his 48 students. He already has 2 packs. How many more packs must he buy? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1
  • Nora reads 9 pages a day for 5 days. Then she reads 8 pages a day for 2 days. Her book has 70 pages. How many pages does she have left to read? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1
  • Sam saves $8 a week for 6 weeks. Then he buys a game for $29 and a book for $11. How much money does he have left? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1
  • Tickets cost $7 each. A family buys 4 tickets and pays with two $20 bills. How much change does the family get? Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 3.D.1

How this list was compiled: Outline: the Grade 3 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables of the PARCC test design, https://resources.newmeridiancorp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Grade-3-Math-Evidence-Statements_with-ABO-subclaim-points_a11y.pdf, with the short-form Mathematics High Level Blueprint, https://resources.newmeridiancorp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/NMC-Math-ABO-High-Level-Blueprint.pdf, both published by New Meridian and read 2026-10-12. Each question names the sub-claim and the evidence statement it practices. Every calculation is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the published evidence statements. Nothing is copied or reworded from a PARCC test, a released item, a practice test, an example in the evidence tables or another practice test.

How it works

Third grade math practice that follows the published PARCC test design point for point: 52 questions of our own, none from a real test. Unofficial, and not affiliated with New Meridian, CCSSO or any state that has given PARCC tests.

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What the grade 3 blueprint weighs

Major content gets 20 of the 52 points: multiplying and dividing within 100, two-step word problems, fractions on a number line, time, mass, liquid volume and area. Additional and supporting content gets 10: adding and subtracting within 1,000, graphs, and the geometry of perimeter and shapes. Reasoning gets 10 and modeling 12.

Is PARCC still given in third grade?

Not in the District of Columbia, a PARCC member from 2015 to 2023. It now gives DC CAPE, which keeps the same score scale and sub-claims. The test design this page follows is still published, with each evidence statement keyed to a Common Core standard.

  • Put the calculator away. Third graders get none on any unit of the real test.
  • Third grade fractions use only the denominators 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8. Practice finding equal fractions among those.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the 3rd grade PARCC math test?

On the short form, 33 scored tasks worth 52 points: 27 machine-scored Type I tasks, 3 reasoning tasks and 3 modeling tasks. The full form has 43 scored tasks. Field-test items that do not count are mixed in.

How long is the PARCC math test in 3rd grade?

Each unit lasts 60 minutes. Third graders sit four units on the full form or three on the short form, which the District of Columbia adopted in the 2020-21 school year.

Is there a paper PARCC practice test for 3rd grade?

Yes, an unofficial one. The 52 questions here print as a paper test with an answer key, which the print window can save as a PDF, or can be answered online.

What is a good PARCC math score in 3rd grade?

PARCC reports a scaled score from 650 to 850 and one of five performance levels. In grade 3 mathematics Level 4 starts at 750 and Level 5 at 790, as the District of Columbia’s education office prints them. A percent right is a different measure.

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