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California Alternate Assessment (CAA) Practice Test

Build confidence with five focused 10-question practice sets covering reading, mathematics, science, communication, evidence, and applied academic skills.

CAA practice sets

This California Alternate Assessment (CAA) Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets offer supplemental practice across English language arts, mathematics, science, communication, evidence, and applied academic skills.

Skills covered

  • Reading inference, character evidence, main idea, vocabulary, facts, sequence, summaries, sentence types, adverbs, and claims
  • Addition, subtraction, fractions, area, comparing numbers, time, patterns, counting, shapes, and equal groups
  • Living things, plants, states of matter, gravity, fair tests, light, heat, growth, measurement tools, and habitats
  • Directions, picture evidence, agreement, clarification, observations, labels, requests, facts and opinions, charts, and listening
  • Schedules, money, hygiene, time comparisons, measurement, safety signs, data, recycling, and task planning

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Use the directions and evidence in each task, then review the explanation before moving to the next set.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current California Department of Education guidance, official CAA materials, accessibility supports, or testing policies.

For the broader California assessment hub, visit California State Assessments.

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California CAA Practice Questions

A 10-question California CAA practice set on caa mathematics and quantitative reasoning, with answers and explanations.

Read or listen to each task as appropriate, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is 7 + 5?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 12.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: Adding 7 and 5 gives 12.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

Adding 7 and 5 gives 12.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

A student has 18 stickers and gives away 6. How many stickers remain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 12.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: Subtracting 6 from 18 gives 12 stickers.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

Subtracting 6 from 18 gives 12 stickers.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which fraction shows one half?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 1/2.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: One half represents one of two equal parts.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

One half represents one of two equal parts.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A rectangle is 4 units long and 3 units wide. What is its area?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 12 square units.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: Area is length times width: 4 × 3 = 12 square units.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

Area is length times width: 4 × 3 = 12 square units.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which number is greater than 45?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 52.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: 52 is greater than 45.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

52 is greater than 45.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A clock shows 3:00. What time will it show one hour later?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 4:00.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: One hour after 3:00 is 4:00.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

One hour after 3:00 is 4:00.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A pattern starts 2, 4, 6, 8. What number comes next?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 10.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: The pattern increases by 2 each time, so the next number is 10.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

The pattern increases by 2 each time, so the next number is 10.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A bag has 3 red balls and 2 blue balls. How many balls are in the bag?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 5.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: Adding 3 red balls and 2 blue balls gives 5 balls.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

Adding 3 red balls and 2 blue balls gives 5 balls.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which shape has three sides?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Triangle.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: A triangle has three sides.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

A triangle has three sides.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A class has 20 pencils. The pencils are shared equally among 4 tables. How many pencils does each table receive?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 5.

  1. Identify the task: Read the situation and identify the academic skill being tested.
  2. Use the evidence: Dividing 20 pencils into 4 equal groups gives 5 pencils per table.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that best matches the information in the task.

Dividing 20 pencils into 4 equal groups gives 5 pencils per table.

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Frequently asked questions about California CAA Practice Test

Which skills are covered?

The page covers supplemental reading, mathematics, science, communication, evidence, and applied academic skills practice.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official CAA questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest California Department of Education information for official materials, accessibility supports, standards, and policies.