Beach and road-trip problems stretch third-grade thinking. Part A subtracts 6 rest hours from 7 hours times 8 driving days, predicts what dark clouds and packed-up umbrellas mean next, divides 54 keychains into 6 equal souvenir boxes, and picks the fraction greater than 1/2 (5/8). Part B fills in 9 x 9 seashells, simplifies 3/9 of broken sand dollars to 1/3, names the sequence of story events as the plot, and finds the area of a 7-by-4 beach towel.
Mixing prediction with two-step computation prepares third graders for the cross-skill demands waiting in Grade 4.
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Summer Review Sheets
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A family drove 7 hours each day for 8 days on a road trip. They rested for 6 of those hours total. How many hours did they actually drive?
A) 50 hours
B) 62 hours
C) 56 hours
D) 42 hours
2. Read: "The dark clouds gathered quickly, and the beachgoers packed up their umbrellas and hurried to the parking lot." What can you predict will happen next?
A) The sun will come out.
B) A storm is about to start.
C) The beach will get more crowded.
D) The beachgoers will go swimming.
3. A souvenir shop sold 54 keychains in 6 equal boxes. Each box holds how many keychains?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 6
4. Which fraction is greater than 12?
A) 26
B) 38
C) 14
D) 58
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. 9 times 9 seashells equals 81 seashells.
2. If 39 of the sand dollars are broken, that simplifies to 13 of the sand dollars.
3. 63 divided by 9 equals 7.
4. The sequence of events in a story from beginning to end is called the plot.
5. A rectangular beach towel is 7 feet long and 4 feet wide, so its area is 28 square feet.
Summer Review Sheets
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A family drove 7 hours each day for 8 days on a road trip. They rested for 6 of those hours total. How many hours did they actually drive?
A) 50 hours
B) 62 hours
C) 56 hours
D) 42 hours
2. Read: "The dark clouds gathered quickly, and the beachgoers packed up their umbrellas and hurried to the parking lot." What can you predict will happen next?
A) The sun will come out.
B) A storm is about to start.
C) The beach will get more crowded.
D) The beachgoers will go swimming.
3. A souvenir shop sold 54 keychains in 6 equal boxes. Each box holds how many keychains?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 6
4. Which fraction is greater than 12?
A) 26
B) 38
C) 14
D) 58
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) 9 times 9 seashells equals 81 seashells.
2) If 3/9 of the sand dollars are broken, that simplifies to 1/3 of the sand dollars.
3) 63 divided by 9 equals 7.
4) The sequence of events in a story from beginning to end is called the plot.
5) A rectangular beach towel is 7 feet long and 4 feet wide, so its area is 28 square feet.
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