Grade 3 Math Story Problems

Grade 3 Math Story Problems

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?

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