Year 3 NAPLAN numeracy practice test
A free Year 3 NAPLAN numeracy practice test: 28 questions across number, measurement, space, data and chance, from easiest to hardest. It marks itself, explains every answer and prints as a paper test.
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NAPLAN resources for Year 3
What the Year 3 numeracy practice test covers
28 questions, in two sets that fit in a lesson or as one full practice test. You can also practise one area on its own. By curriculum area:
- Number and place value (4 questions)
- Number operations (5 questions)
- Fractions, decimals and percentages (4 questions)
- Money (2 questions)
- Patterns and algebra (2 questions)
- Measurement and time (5 questions)
- Shapes, angles and position (3 questions)
- Data and chance (3 questions)
Two Year 3 numeracy questions
Mia has 84 stickers. She gives 29 to her sister. How many stickers does Mia have left?
Answer: 55. 84 − 29 = 55. Take away 30 to get 54, then add 1 back.
What is the missing number in this pattern? 4, 8, 12, ___, 20
Answer: 16. The pattern goes up by 4 each time: 12 + 4 = 16.
How it compares with the real test
The real Year 3 numeracy test runs for 45 minutes, online, one question at a time, with a flag for questions to come back to. This practice test is set out the same way, with the same kinds of question: multiple choice, select all, putting things in order, typed answers and choosing the word for a gap. The real test also adapts to the student, which a practice set cannot, so read the score as what to work on, not as a proficiency level.
Year 3 NAPLAN past papers
The real Year 3 papers that ACARA has released are the paper tests from 2012 to 2016 and 2008 to 2011, free with answers on its website. Nothing has been released since 2016, so there is no Year 3 past paper from the online test. What is in those papers, how today’s test differs and how I would use them is on the NAPLAN past papers page.
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Getting ready for NAPLAN 2027
NAPLAN 2027 runs from Wednesday 10 March to Monday 22 March 2027. The dates and what is new are in my NAPLAN 2027 guide, ideas for the weeks before are in NAPLAN practice resources, and what the report means is in understanding NAPLAN results.
Questions about Year 3 NAPLAN
How long is the Year 3 NAPLAN numeracy test?
45 minutes in the real test. Here, a set of about 14 questions fits in a lesson, and the full practice test has all 28.
Can I print the Year 3 numeracy practice test?
Yes. Choose a set and press Print as a paper test. The PDF has the questions set out for paper and an answer key on its own page.
Are there Year 3 NAPLAN numeracy past papers?
ACARA has released the real Year 3 NAPLAN papers from 2008 to 2016, with answers, on acara.edu.au. It has not released any test since 2016, so there are no Year 3 past papers from the online test. Those papers were sat on paper and the test is now online, so use them for the questions and something like these practice tests for the format.