All Common Core: 3rd Grade Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #21 : Geometry
What fraction of the rectangle is blue?
The rectangle is split up into equal parts. of the parts are shaded blue, which means of the rectangle is blue.
Example Question #22 : Geometry
What fraction of the rectangle is blue?
The rectangle is split up into equal parts. of the parts are shaded blue, which means of the rectangle is blue.
Example Question #21 : Understand Shape Categories: Ccss.Math.Content.3.G.A.1
Are all parallelograms squares?
Yes
No
No
Not all parallelograms are squares because a square has to have equal sides, and a parallelogram does not have to have equal sides. A parallelogram has sides with each pair of opposite sides being parallel. So all squares are parallelograms, but not all parallelograms are squares.
Example Question #22 : Understand Shape Categories: Ccss.Math.Content.3.G.A.1
Which of the following best describes this shape? Select the best answer.
It is a rectangle.
It is a quadrilateral.
It is a square.
It is a parallelogram.
It is a square, a rectangle, a parallelogram, and a quadrilateral.
It is a square, a rectangle, a parallelogram, and a quadrilateral.
This shape is a square because it has equal side lengths. But, it can also be categorized as all of the shapes listed.
A square can be categorized as a quadrilateral because by definition a quadrilateral is a -sided figure, and a square has sides.
A square can be categorized as a parallelogram because a parallelogram has to have sides with opposite sides being parallel, and a square has sides with opposite sides being parallel.
A square can be categorized as a rectangle because rectangles have to have all angles, and a square has all angles.