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Free Gifted Screening practice test — Grade 3

10 original Gifted Screening-style questions for Grade 3, with answers and full explanations. No signup needed.

A broad gifted-screener practice set covering the reasoning formats district screeners draw on — verbal, quantitative, and figural.

Use it when you know a screening is coming but not which instrument: the overlapping formats cover the common ground of CogAT, NNAT, and OLSAT.

Question 1Verbal Reasoning
Complete the analogy: BEE is to BUZZ as LION is to ___
  1. Achirp
  2. Bbark
  3. Croar
  4. Doink
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Correct answer: C

The relationship is "animal to the sound it makes." bee → buzz, so lion → roar.

Question 2Quantitative Reasoning
What number comes next? 42, 40, 38, 36, ___
  1. A32
  2. B34
  3. C31
  4. D35
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Correct answer: B

The pattern subtracts 2 each time. 36 − 2 = 34.

Question 3Number Analogies
Find the missing number: 3 → 4 ; 9 → 10 ; 12 → ___
  1. A16
  2. B13
  3. C15
  4. D9
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Correct answer: B

Each number increases by 1. 12 + 1 = 13.

Question 4Nonverbal Reasoning

Look at how the first figure changes into the second. Which answer changes the bottom figure the same way?

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Correct answer: C

In the top row, the figure's fill darkens one step. Applying the same change to the bottom figure gives C. The others each make a specific mistake: A the bottom figure with no rule applied; B applies a different rule than the top row shows; D copies the top row's result instead of transforming the bottom figure; E right change, wrong figure shape.

Question 5Verbal Reasoning
Complete the analogy: KEY is to UNLOCK as NEEDLE is to ___
  1. Ameasure
  2. Bhit
  3. Cpaint
  4. Dsew
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Correct answer: D

The relationship is "tool to what it does." key → unlock, so needle → sew.

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Question 6Quantitative Reasoning
What number comes next? 40, 33, 26, 19, ___
  1. A15
  2. B14
  3. C9
  4. D12
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Correct answer: D

The pattern subtracts 7 each time. 19 − 7 = 12.

Question 7Number Analogies
Find the missing number: 5 → 10 ; 6 → 11 ; 10 → ___
  1. A17
  2. B15
  3. C13
  4. D19
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Correct answer: B

Each number increases by 5. 10 + 5 = 15.

Question 8Nonverbal Reasoning

Look at how the first figure changes into the second. Which answer changes the bottom figure the same way?

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

In the top row, the figure shrinks. Applying the same change to the bottom figure gives C. The others each make a specific mistake: A applies a different rule than the top row shows; B copies the top row's result instead of transforming the bottom figure; D the bottom figure with no rule applied; E right change, wrong figure shape.

Question 9Verbal Reasoning
Complete the analogy: CHERRY is to RED as SKY is to ___
  1. Agreen
  2. Bwhite
  3. Cblue
  4. Dbrown
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Correct answer: C

The relationship is "thing to its usual color." cherry → red, so sky → blue.

Question 10Quantitative Reasoning
What number comes next? 37, 34, 31, 28, ___
  1. A22
  2. B24
  3. C23
  4. D25
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Correct answer: D

The pattern subtracts 3 each time. 28 − 3 = 25.

Gifted Screening FAQ

Which test will my district use?

Districts choose their own screener — CogAT, NNAT, and OLSAT are the most common. Ask the gifted office; until you know, broad format practice covers the shared ground.

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