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TIMSS Math Grade 3, 4 Sample Question
1) 0.4 is the same as
A)four
B)four-tenths
C)four hundredths
D)one-fourth
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) When you subtract one of the numbers below from 900, the answer is greater than 300.
Which number is it?
A)83
B)!"
C)##!
D)$!9
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3)%anya has read the first !8 &ages in a boo' that is "30 &ages long. Which number
sentence could %anya use to find the number of &ages she must read to finish the boo'?
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A) B) C) D)
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4)(ach figure re&resents a fraction. Which two figures re&resent the same fraction?
A)" and B)" and 4 C) and 3 D)3 and 4
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!)Which of these does not show a line of symmetry?
A) B) C) D)
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")$ ) "8 is more than 4 ) "8. *ow much more?
A)"
B)"8
C)4
D)$
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#)What do you ha+e to do to each number in column to to get the number net to it inolumn /?
A)dd 8 to the number in column .
B)dd 8 to the number in olumn .
C)ubtract 8 from the number in olumn .
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D)1ulti&ly the number in olumn by $.
$)2i+ide the number in olumn by $.
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%)yle and /ob are &laying a game. %he obect of the game is to get the highest total of
&oints. %his chart shows how many &oints they scored.
Who won and by how many &oints?
A)/ob won by $ &oints
B)/ob won by "00 &oints
C)yle won by $ &oints
D)yle won by "!$ &oints
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&) thin wire 0 centimeters long is formed into a rectangle. 5f the width of this rectangle is
4 centimeters, what is its length?
A)$ centimeters
B)# centimeters
C)" centimeters
D)"# centimeters
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1')%here are $4 marbles, and they are &ut into # bags, so that the same number of marbles
is in each bag. *ow many marbles would bags contain?
A)"08 marbles
B)"8 marbles
C)"$ marbles
D)" marbles
D)9 marbles
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11)%here is only one red marble in each of these bags?
Without loo'ing in the bag, you are to &ic' a marble out of one of the bags. Which bag
would gi+e you the greatest chance of &ic'ing the red marble?
A)%he bag with "0 marbles
B)%he bag with "00 marbles
C)%he bag with "000 marbles
D)ll bags would gi+e the same chance.
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1)%his &icture shows a cube with one edge mar'ed. *ow many edges does the cube ha+e
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altogether?
A)#
B)8
C)"
D)4
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13)%he weight 6mass7 of a clothes&in is 9. g. Which of these is the best estimate of the
total weight 6mass7 of "000 clothes&ins?
A)900 g
B)9,000 g
C)90,000 g
D)900,000 g
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14)5n which &air of numbers is the second number "00 more than the first number?
A)"99 and 09
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B)43# and 44#
C)9#3$ and 9!3$
D)$",8#3 and $,8#3
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1!)our children measured the width of a room by counting how many &aces it too' them
to cross it. %he chart shows their measurements.
Who had the longest &ace?
A)te&hen
B)(rlane
C)na
D)arlos
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1") Which number re&resents the shaded &art of the figure?
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A).8
B)0.$
C)0.
D)0.0
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1#)Which of these would most li'ely be measured in milliliters?
A)%he amount of liuid in a teas&oon
B)%he weight 6mass7 of a &in
C)%he amount of gasoline in a tan'
D)%he thic'ness of "0 sheets of &a&er
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1%)*ere is a number sentence.
4 ) ?: "!
What number could go in the ?to ma'e the sentence true?
A)4
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B)$
C)"
D)"3
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1&);ulie &ut a bo on a shelf that is 9#.4 centimeters long. %he bo is 33. centimeters long.
What is the longest bo she could &ut on the rest of the shelf?
A)99.# cm.
B)##.4 cm.
C)9#.4 cm.
D)#3. cm.
D)the answer is not gi+en
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')%he gra&h shows the number of cartons of mil' sold each day of a wee' at a school.
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*ow many cartons of mil' did the school sell that wee'?
A)""$
B)"$
C)"3$
D)$
D)the answer is not gi+en
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1)
*ow many millimeters in a meter?
millimeters
)Write the number that is "000 more than $#8".
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3) am said that "n this grid, find the dot with the circle around it. We can describe where this dot is by
saying it is at irst umber ", econd umber 3
ow find the dot with the triangle around it. *ow can you describe where the dot is on the
grid in the same way?
A)irst umber ", econd umber 3
B)irst umber 3, econd umber
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C)irst number 3, econd umber "0
D)irst umber , econd umber 3
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