Single and Multi-Step Word Problems

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24
• 4
• 17
• 5

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Natalie picked thirteen flowers for her friend’s wedding. She was making bouquets with four flowers in each one. If five of the flowers wilted before the wedding, how many bouquets could she still make?

• 9 bouquets
• 5 bouquets
• 2 bouquets
• 3 bouquets

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

For Halloween Debby and her sister combined the candy they received. Debby had 32 pieces of candy while her sister had 45. If they ate 24 pieces the first night, how many pieces do they have left?

• 101 pieces

• 50 pieces

• 53 pieces

• 21 pieces

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

North Elementary School had a school play this weekend. There were three shows in all. 362 people went to the Friday night show and 206 people went to the Saturday night show. If 673 people went in all, how many people went to the Sunday show?

• 134 people

• 116 people

• 1,241 people

• 105 people

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Paul bought 3 boxes of chocolate candy and 4 boxes of caramel candy. If each box has 6 pieces inside it, how much candy did he have total?

• 42 pieces

• 10 pieces

• 13 pieces

• 1 piece

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Olivier has 30 marshmallows. He wants to put an equal number of marshmallows into 6 cups of hot cocoa. How many marshmallows will go in each cup?

• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

There are 5 bags of beans. Each bag contains 40 beans. How many beans are there in all?

• 160
• 200
• 220
• 225

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Mrs. D has 210 students in her class. Mrs. Hunt has 180 students in her class. How many more students are in Mrs. D's class? 

• 170 students
• 30 students
• 70 students
• 390 students

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Sam and Austin are each collecting magazines for recycling.  Sam collected 489 magazines.  Austin collected 893 magazines.  How many magazines did they collect in all?

• 404 magazines
• 1,382 magazines
• 432,212 magazines
• 1.8 magazines

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

April's discount flowers was having a sale where each flower was $3. If Emily bought 4 roses and 8 daisies, how much did she spend?

• $15

• $36

• $7

• $30

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8