VTCAP Grade 3 Measurement and Data. Practice it free.

Grade 3 Measurement and Data standards; reported jointly with geometry as the 'Measurement and Data, Geometry' performance indicator. Blueprint target: 11-15 points (22-29% of the grade 3 test). This Grade 3 reporting domain maps to 3 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.

Grade 33.MD3 mapped skills
What the test measures

Measurement and Data skills

  1. Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects

  2. Represent and interpret data

  3. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

  4. Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures

Standards basis

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) — Vermont

How the VTCAP reports it

Vermont administered the Smarter Balanced summative through spring 2022, then replaced it with the Cognia-developed Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP) beginning spring 2023 — this landing slug predates the switch. VTCAP mathematics is an adaptive, CCSS-M-aligned assessment in grades 3-9. It is NOT a Smarter Balanced administration: its reporting categories are groupings of the CCSS grade-level domains (e.g. 'The Number System, Expressions and Equations'), not SBAC claims, though two cross-grade Mathematical Practices indicators ('Problem Solving, Reasoning, and Argument'; 'Modeling, Patterns, and Structure') echo the old claim structure. Per the test specifications, the grades 3-8 test may assess any CCSS-M standard at the grade; the grade 9 test assesses a prioritized subset of the high school CCSS-M within the conceptual categories of Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Geometry, and Statistics and Probability (the assessed focus areas are published in the grade 9 Performance Level Descriptors).

Blueprint & weighting

VTCAP Test Specifications (Spring 2026) operational test blueprint, target percent of points per grade — Grade 3: OA 24-35%, NBT 10-14%, NF 16-20%, MD 22-29%, G 6-10%, constructed-response Mathematical Practices 12%. Grade 4: OA 20-31%, NBT 16-20%, NF 20-31%, MD 12-20%, G 6-10%, practices 12%. Grade 5: OA 14-22%, NBT 14-25%, NF 22-29%, MD 20-27%, G 8-16%, practices 12%. Grade 6: RP 15-22%, NS 15-22%, EE 15-22%, G 11-19%, SP 11-19%, practices 11%. Grade 7: RP 15-22%, NS 11%, EE 15-30%, G 11-19%, SP 19-22%, practices 11%. Grade 8: F 18-29%, NS 7%, EE 20-31%, G 18-29%, SP 18-22%, practices 11%. Grade 9 (all machine-scored): Number and Quantity/Algebra 18-27%, Algebra/Functions 31-40%, Geometry 20-29%, Statistics and Probability 13-20%; the two practices indicators are dual-aligned targets of >18% of points each. Identical figures appear in the Spring 2025 specifications.

Practice by skill

Topics mapped to this domain

Area of rectangles

Grade 340 questions

Perimeter

Grade 336 questions

Picture and bar graphs

Grade 315 questions
Try it now

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Practice playeasy

A rectangle is 99 ft by 22 ft. Area in ft2^2?

9×2=189 \times 2 = 18.

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A square has sides of 22 ft. What is its perimeter?

4×2=84 \times 2 = 8.

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A bar graph shows: Red = 6, Blue = 9, Green = 4. How many more Blue than Red?

Subtract: 9−6=39 - 6 = 3.

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A square has sides of 33 ft. What is its area in ft2^2?

3×3=93 \times 3 = 9.

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What is the perimeter of a 33 cm by 22 cm rectangle?

2(3+2)=2×5=102(3 + 2) = 2 \times 5 = 10.

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In a picture graph, each star stands for 2 books. Maya's row has 5 stars. How many books did Maya read?

Each star stands for 22 books: 5×2=105 \times 2 = 10.

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A rectangle is 88 in by 33 in. Area in in2^2?

8×3=248 \times 3 = 24.

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A square has sides of 33 in. What is its perimeter?

4×3=124 \times 3 = 12.

Keep practicing

Turn measurement and data into game time.

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Related Common Core standards
3.MD.C.73.MD.D.83.MD.B.3
Measurement and Data in other VTCAP grades
Grade 4Grade 5
The same skills on other tests
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Source and test overview
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Reporting categories

More Grade 3 domains

Operations and Algebraic ThinkingGrade 3 Operations and Algebraic Thinking standards (the test may assess any CCSS-M standard at the grade); reported as the 'Operations and Algebraic Thinking' performance indicator. Blueprint target: 12-18 points (24-35% of the grade 3 test).8 QsPractice →Number and Operations in Base TenGrade 3 Number and Operations in Base Ten standards; reported jointly with fractions as the 'Number and Operations in Base Ten, Numbers and Operations – Fractions' performance indicator. Blueprint target: 5-7 points (10-14% of the grade 3 test).8 QsPractice →