Grade 3 Math Story Problems

This worksheet provides grade 3 students with practice in solving various math story problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Grade 3 Math Math Word ProblemsMath Story Problems

Use This Worksheet

Includes

2 Short AnswerFill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceTrue / False

Standards

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.3CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NBT.A.2CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.A.1

Topics

mathstory problemsgrade 3word problemsadditionsubtractionmultiplicationdivision

7 sections · Free to use · Printable

← More Math worksheets for Grade 3

Grade 3 Math Story Problems

Name:

Date:

Score:

Read each story problem carefully and solve it. Show your work.

1. Sarah had 25 stickers. Her friend gave her 18 more stickers. How many stickers does Sarah have now?

2. There were 42 birds on a tree. 15 birds flew away. How many birds are left on the tree?

3. A baker bakes 6 trays of cookies. Each tray has 8 cookies. How many cookies did the baker bake in total? The baker baked cookies.

4. There are 5 groups of students. Each group has 4 students. How many students are there in all? There are students in all.

5. John has 24 candies and wants to share them equally among his 3 friends. How many candies will each friend get?

6. A teacher has 30 pencils to put into 5 pencil cases. If each case gets the same number of pencils, how many pencils are in each case?

7. Emily bought 3 bags of apples. Each bag has 7 apples. She ate 2 apples. How many apples does she have left?

18 apples

19 apples

21 apples

23 apples

8. If a problem asks 'how many more', it usually means you need to add.

True

False