MTSE 2021 STD – III

01. Aanya has 8 buckets. Each bucket has 𝑡 tennis balls in it. There are 56 tennis
balls in all the buckets. Which number sentence shows how to find 𝑡, the
number of tennis balls in each bucket?
(a) 8 ÷ t = 56 (b) 8 × t = 56 (c) t + 8 = 56 (d) t ÷ 8 = 56

02. Mahesh and Jayesh were picking strawberries. Mahesh picked 187
strawberries. Jayesh picked 223 strawberries. Together they ate 26 of the
strawberries. Find the total number of strawberries they have left?
(a) 190 + 220 – 30 + 4 (b) 185 + 225 – 25 + 1
(c) 200 + 200 – 30 – 4 (d) 200 + 200 – 25 – 1

03. Gwen wrote a number pattern on a piece of paper : 1, 5, 9, 13, …, …

What are the next two terms in Gwen’s pattern?
(a) 15, 17 (b) 15, 19 (c) 17,19 (d) 17, 21

04. What shapes are used to create

the figure shown?

(a) Two hexagons and six rectangles

(b) Two pentagons and six rectangles
(c) One pentagon and seven rectangles
(d) One hexagon and seven rectangles

05. Sania earned 389 points in the first level of her video game. She earned an
additional 116 points in the bonus round. How many points in total did she
earn ?
(a) 405 (b) 495 (c) 505 (d) 4915

06. Yesterday, Mahi ate an even number of bananas. He also ate an odd number of
apples. Which group could represent the bananas, B, and apples, A, Mahi ate
yesterday?
(a) BABABABB (b) BABABABAB (c)
BBABBABBABBA (d) BBBBABBBB

07. Which of the following is in ascending order?

(a) 5678, 5687, 5768, 5786 (b) 5678, 5786, 5768, 5687
(c) 5867, 5687, 5768, 5786 (d) 5687, 5678, 5768, 5786

08. Rohan’s garden has 42 plants. Each row has 7 plants. Which expression can
be used to find the number of rows in Rohan’s garden?
(a) 42÷7 (b) 42+7 (c) 42-7 (d) 42×7

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09. Kathryn baked 10 cakes. She used the same number of strawberries, θ, to make
each cake. Which expression shows the total number of strawberries Kathryn
used to bake the cakes?
(a) θ + 10 (b) θ – 10 (c) θ × 10 (d) θ ÷ 10

10. Maya spends ₹ 9 on lunch each day she is at work. How much money does
she spend on lunch during a 5-day work week?
(a) 40 (b) 45 (c) 50 (d) 59

11. The Lootamloot Store has 3 boxes of shirts. Each box has 4 packages with 7
shirts in each package. Which expression can be used to find the total number
of shirts?
(a) 12 × 3 (b) 12 × 7 (c) 28 × 4 (d) 28 × 7

12. The successor of the largest three digit number is ___ .

(a) 99 (b) 100 (c) 101 (d) 1000

13. The face value of 9 in 9864 is _____ .

(a) 9 (b) 90 (c) 900 (d) 9000

14. Ashwin bought a used laptop for six thousand forty-nine rupees. What is the
cost of the used laptop Ashwin bought written as a numeral?
(a) 600049 (b) 60049 (c) 6409 (d) 6049

15. Ajinkya has been living in his home for exactly 4 years. He knows that there
are 12 months in each year. Which number sentence shows a way to find the
total number of months, 𝑚, he has been living in his home?
(a) 12 ÷ m = 4 (b) m × 4 = 12 (c) 12 – m = 4 (d) m ÷ 4 = 12

16. Jasprit has 4 apples. Shardul has 2 more apples than Jasprit. Danny has 3
times as many apples as Shardul. How many apples they all have?
(a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 18 (d) 28

17. Dhoni drew the plan of his new

garden as shown aside. How many
feet of fencing will he need to go
around his garden?
(a) 48 feet (b) 32 feet
(c) 24 feet (d) 16 feet

18. Last year Rohit bought a total of 18 gifts. He bought 6 gifts for his family and g
gifts for each of the 4 team-mates. Which number sentence can be used to find
the number of gifts, g, Rohit bought for each of his team-mates?
(a) 6 × g – 18 = 4 (b) 18 – 6 × g = 4
(c) 4 + 6 × g = 18 (d) 6 + 4 × g = 18

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19. Kelly made a quilt using square patches

as shown aside with the side of each square
being 2 ft. Find the area of her quilt.

(a) 25 sq ft (b) 50 sq ft (c) 75 sq ft (d) 100 sq ft

20. A large hospital has 120 rooms containing 3 beds and 80 rooms containing 4
beds for patients. How many rooms are there in all ?
(a) 200 (b) 7 (c) 680 (d) 780

21. Pandya is in a group of 25 people. All 25 people went for boat-riding. There were
5 people in each boat. How can Pandya find the number of boats the group
used?
(a) Add 5 to 25 (b) Divide 25 by 5 (c) Multiply 25 by 5 (d) Subtract 5 from 25

22. Which number is missing in the pattern : 88, ___, 66, 55

(a) 44 (b) 77 (c) 78 (d) 87

23. Which is the best unit to measure the distance between Chennai and New
Delhi?
(a) feet (b) inch (c) kilometer (d) kiloliter

24. In an orchard, there are 1565 mango trees, 976 apple trees and 1327 litchi
trees. How many trees are there in all ?
(a) 3868 (b) 3768 (c) 3878 (d) 3688

25. Find the value of ∆ in 93 - ∆ = 68.

(a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 151 (d) 161

26. Compare : (2,345 + 1,100) ⎕ (5,432 - 2,110)

(a) + (b) = (c) < (d) >

27. Seven thousand ninety-nine = ___________ .

(a) 7000909 (b) 700099 (c) 700909 (d) 7099

28. Which shape has five sides?

(a) hexagon (b) octagon (c) pentagon (d) rectangle

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29. What fraction of the

balloons remains after
four balloons pop?
2 5
(a) (b)
3 9
1 1
(c) (d)
2 3

30. The number 1670 can be written as

(a) 16 hundreds and 7 tens (b) 1 hundred and 67 tens
(c) 1 thousand and 6 hundreds (d) 16 thousands and 7 tens

31.
Heights of Children
Child Jagu Tony Anna Gudu
137 92 120
Height 1 meter
centimetres centimetres centimetres
Which list orders the children from tallest to shortest?
(a) Anna, Tony, Gudu, Jagu (b) Jagu, Tony, Anna, Gudu
(c) Tony, Anna, Gudu, Jagu (d) Jagu, Gudu, Tony, Anna

32. What is sixteen hundreds plus 137 tens plus sixty plus eleven tens ?
(a) 3041 (b) 3137 (c) 3040 (d) 3140

33. The maximum number of obtuse angles in a square is ____ .

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4

34. What is the place value of 5 in the number 97568 ?

(a) 5 (b) 50000 (c) 500 (d) 5000

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35. Which shape is 𝑟𝑑 of the trapezoid?
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(a) (b)

(c) (d)