Bring sharp focus to these advanced winter challenges. Part A tackles a bakery selling 6 trays of 8 muffins Saturday and 3 trays Sunday, infers why Arctic foxes turn white in winter, finds the equivalent fraction for 2/8, and identifies the author's purpose in a snowshoe paragraph about spreading a person's weight. Part B asks for 4 shelves of 8 mittens, pints in 2 quarts, the whole when 8/8 equals one, the term simile, and 7x7 snowballs.
Each item layers reasoning onto facts, helping third graders connect equivalent fractions, multi-step word problems, and inferring meaning from short passages.
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Winter Holiday Math & Reading
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A bakery sold 6 trays of 8 muffins on Saturday and 3 trays of 8 muffins on Sunday. How many muffins were sold in all?
A) 48 muffins
B) 72 muffins
C) 24 muffins
D) 64 muffins
2. Read: "Arctic foxes change their fur color from brown to white in winter." Why do they do this?
A) To stay cool in summer
B) To hide from predators in the snow
C) To attract other foxes
D) To shed old fur
3. A recipe uses 28 cup of butter. Which fraction is equivalent?
A) 12
B) 26
C) 14
D) 13
4. A paragraph says: "Snowshoes spread a person's weight over a larger area so they don't sink into deep snow." What is the author's purpose?
A) To entertain the reader with a winter story
B) To persuade people to buy snowshoes
C) To inform the reader how snowshoes work
D) To describe what snow looks like
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. 4 shelves hold 8 mittens each, so there are 32 mittens in all.
2. A container that holds 2 quarts holds 4 pints.
3. If 44 equals one whole, then 88 also equals 1 whole.
4. A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a simile.
5. 7 times 7 snowballs equals 49 snowballs.
Winter Holiday Math & Reading
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A bakery sold 6 trays of 8 muffins on Saturday and 3 trays of 8 muffins on Sunday. How many muffins were sold in all?
A) 48 muffins
B) 72 muffins
C) 24 muffins
D) 64 muffins
2. Read: "Arctic foxes change their fur color from brown to white in winter." Why do they do this?
A) To stay cool in summer
B) To hide from predators in the snow
C) To attract other foxes
D) To shed old fur
3. A recipe uses 28 cup of butter. Which fraction is equivalent?
A) 12
B) 26
C) 14
D) 13
4. A paragraph says: "Snowshoes spread a person's weight over a larger area so they don't sink into deep snow." What is the author's purpose?
A) To entertain the reader with a winter story
B) To persuade people to buy snowshoes
C) To inform the reader how snowshoes work
D) To describe what snow looks like
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) 4 shelves hold 8 mittens each, so there are 32 mittens in all.
2) A container that holds 2 quarts holds 4 pints.
3) If 4/4 equals one whole, then 8/8 also equals 1 whole.
4) A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a simile.
5) 7 times 7 snowballs equals 49 snowballs.
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