TerraNova Test Prep

Math, language and reading practice for grades 3 to 8, easiest questions first.

Each subject starts at grade 3 and climbs. One grade only: 6th grade or 8th grade.

A shelf holds 6 rows of 9 books. How many books are on the shelf?

Pick an answer, then press Check answer. Then you see Correct or Not quite, with the reason. Keys: A to D pick, Enter checks.

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Unofficial practice questions, not affiliated with Data Recognition Corporation, which publishes TerraNova. Bank checked October 8, 2026.

The real test: what the publisher says

Subjects by grade
Reading and mathematics, K to 8. Language, grades 3 to 8. Science and social studies, grades 1 to 8 on paper and 3 to 8 online.
Testing time
Kindergarten, 2 hours. Grade 1, 2 hours 40 minutes. Grade 2, 3 hours. Grades 3 to 8, 4 hours 15 minutes.
Levels
Level 10 is kindergarten and each grade adds one, up to Level 18 for grade 8.
Question kinds
Multiple choice, multi-select, and two-part questions that ask for evidence. Nothing is scored by hand.
Scores
National and local norms, mastery by objective and performance levels, on the same scale as the earlier edition.
Earlier edition
TerraNova3 Complete Battery, on paper, kindergarten to grade 12. At grades 4 to 8 it has 216 to 217 items and takes 4 hours 5 minutes.

Checked October 8, 2026 against the TerraNova NEXT page, 2025 brochure and objective sheet, and the Guide to Understanding the TerraNova Home Report, Data Recognition Corporation. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

The publisher's page about the test

Next step One grade: Terra Nova 6th grade

Math: all 24 questions

Grades 3 and 4 8

  • A baker makes 150 rolls and packs them in bags of 8. How many rolls are left over after the full bags are packed? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.OA.A.3
  • A rug is 5 feet wide and 8 feet long. What is its area? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 3.MD.C.7.b
  • A shelf holds 6 rows of 9 books. How many books are on the shelf? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 3.OA.A.3
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Grades 3 and 4, continued

  • What is 2/8 + 5/8? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NF.B.3.a
  • What is 47 × 26? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NBT.B.5
  • What is 538 rounded to the nearest hundred? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 3.NBT.A.1
  • Which fraction is the greatest? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 3.NF.A.3.d
  • Which kind of angle is larger than a right angle but smaller than a straight angle? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.G.A.1

Grades 5 and 6 8

  • A diver is 15 feet below sea level. Which integer shows the diver's position? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 6.NS.C.5
  • A parallelogram has a base of 12 centimeters and a height of 5 centimeters. What is its area? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 6.G.A.1
  • A planter box is 12 inches long, 5 inches wide and 4 inches deep. What is its volume? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 5.MD.C.5.b
  • What is 1/2 + 2/5? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 5.NF.A.1
  • What is 3.4 + 2.75? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 5.NBT.B.7
  • What is 20% of 150? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 6.RP.A.3.c
  • What is the value of 4 × (7 + 2) − 6? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 5.OA.A.1
  • What is the value of 4x + 3 when x = 5? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 6.EE.A.2.c

Grades 7 and 8 8

  • A $90 backpack is on sale for 20% off. What is the sale price? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 7.RP.A.3
  • A circle has a radius of 7 centimeters. What is its circumference in terms of π? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 7.G.B.4
  • A jar holds 4 red, 6 yellow and 2 white buttons. One button is drawn without looking. What is the probability that it is yellow? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 7.SP.C.7.a
  • A right triangle has legs 15 and 20 units long. How long is the hypotenuse? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 8.G.B.7
  • Solve 4x + 7 = 31. Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 7.EE.B.4.a
  • What is the y-intercept of the line y = 3x − 7? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 8.F.B.4
  • What is −17 + 26? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 7.NS.A.1
  • What is √196? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 8.EE.A.2

How this list was compiled: Outline: TerraNova NEXT Objectives & CCR Anchor Standards (Data Recognition Corporation), https://terranovanexttraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TN-Next-Objectives-Standards.pdf, and the publisher's TerraNova NEXT page, https://terranovanext.com/terranova-next-2/, read 2026-10-08. Each question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/Math/, read 2026-10-08. Each answer was worked out twice. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied from a TerraNova test, from a sample or released item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

Language: all 15 questions

Grades 3 and 4 5

  • Which is the correct plural of "wolf"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.3.1.b
  • Which sentence shows a speaker's exact words correctly? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.2.b
  • Which word correctly completes the sentence? "___ going to the game after school." Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.1.g
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Grades 3 and 4, continued

  • Which word correctly completes the sentence? "Last night the wind ___ the gate open." Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.3.1.d
  • Which word means the opposite of "generous"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.5.c; meaning checked in Wiktionary, entry "stingy"

Grades 5 and 6 5

  • In the sentence "Wow, that was close!", what kind of word is "Wow"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.5.1.a
  • Which sentence keeps the same verb tense throughout? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.5.1.d
  • Which sentence uses a comma correctly? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.5.2.b
  • Which sentence uses an intensive pronoun? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.6.1.b
  • Which sentence uses personification? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.6.5.a

Grades 7 and 8 5

  • The bus is an hour late, and Jo says, "Right on time, as always." What is this an example of? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.8.5.a
  • Which is a compound sentence? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.7.1.b
  • Which sentence has a dangling modifier? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.7.1.c
  • Which sentence is in the imperative mood? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.8.1.c
  • Which sentence uses a comma correctly between adjectives? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.7.2.a

How this list was compiled: Outline: TerraNova NEXT Objectives & CCR Anchor Standards (Data Recognition Corporation), https://terranovanexttraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TN-Next-Objectives-Standards.pdf, and the publisher's TerraNova NEXT page, https://terranovanext.com/terranova-next-2/, read 2026-10-08. Each question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/, read 2026-10-08. The antonym in one question was checked in Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/, read 2026-10-08. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied from a TerraNova test, from a sample or released item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

Reading: all 9 questions

Grades 3 and 4 3

  • "The class pet is a gecko named Dot. Students feed her crickets on Mondays. They mist her tank each morning. On Fridays one student takes her home." What is the main idea? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.3.2
  • "'Hold your horses,' said Grandpa. 'The pie needs ten more minutes.'" What does "hold your horses" mean here? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.3.4; meaning checked in Wiktionary, entry "hold one's horses"
  • "Nell found a wet umbrella by the door and muddy boots on the mat." What can you tell about the weather outside? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.4.1
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Grades 5 and 6 3

  • "I knew the moment I saw the cracked vase that I would be blamed. Nobody ever asks the little brother what really happened." From whose point of view is the story told? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.5.6
  • "Lake Aro freezes by December, so its town holds a fair on the ice. Lake Bel never freezes, so its town holds a boat parade instead." How is this text organized? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.5.5
  • "The museum's new wing is vast; visitors need a map to cross it." What does "vast" mean? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.6.4; meaning checked in Wiktionary, entry "vast"

Grades 7 and 8 3

  • "Many coaches say practice should run two hours. I disagree. Our team's best season came the year we cut practice to ninety minutes and added a rest day." How does the author's position differ from the coaches'? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.7.6
  • "The mayor called the old bridge 'the weak link in our chain of roads.'" What does the analogy suggest about the bridge? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.8.4
  • "Snow had closed the pass for a week. With no way to reach town, Ines learned to bake bread from the last sack of flour." How does the setting shape what Ines does? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.7.3

How this list was compiled: Outline: TerraNova NEXT Objectives & CCR Anchor Standards (Data Recognition Corporation), https://terranovanexttraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TN-Next-Objectives-Standards.pdf, and the publisher's TerraNova NEXT page, https://terranovanext.com/terranova-next-2/, read 2026-10-08. Each question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/, read 2026-10-08. An idiom and a word meaning were checked in Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/, read 2026-10-08. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied from a TerraNova test, from a sample or released item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

How it works

TerraNova is an achievement test from Data Recognition Corporation, standardized and norm-referenced. This page is unofficial practice in mathematics, language and reading, written for this site and never taken from a real test. Not affiliated with Data Recognition Corporation.

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What the Terra Nova standardized test is

TerraNova NEXT is the current edition, for kindergarten to grade 8, online or on paper. The earlier edition, TerraNova3 Complete Battery, is still given on paper through grade 12. Both report national percentiles, mastery by objective and performance levels. The publisher says a school may give TerraNova NEXT at any time of year.

Why the questions climb by grade

A child can start at grades 3 and 4 and stop where the questions turn hard, which shows what to review. Each question names the Common Core standard it practices, since the publisher ties its objectives to college and career ready standards. Mathematics answers were worked out twice.

Questions and answers

What subjects are on the Terra Nova achievement test?

Reading and mathematics from kindergarten, language from grade 3, and science and social studies from grade 1 on paper or grade 3 online. That is the publisher's list for TerraNova NEXT.

How long does the Terra Nova exam take?

For grades 3 to 8 the publisher lists 4 hours 15 minutes in all, in parts of 15 to 40 minutes with breaks. Kindergarten takes 2 hours, grade 1 takes 2 hours 40 minutes and grade 2 takes 3 hours.

Is there a Terra Nova test for kindergarten?

Yes. Level 10 is the kindergarten test: reading and mathematics only, in four parts of 25 to 35 minutes. Its objectives include oral comprehension, introduction to print, and counting and cardinality. The practice on this page starts at grade 3.

Where can I find Terra Nova sample test questions?

The publisher links a few sample items in reading, language and mathematics from its TerraNova NEXT page. The questions here are this site's own and copy none of them.

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