Math Problem Solving

Dave and his foster mom paint rocks to hide around their neighborhood. His mom paints 4 rocks. Dave paints 3 times as many rocks as his mom. How many rocks does Dave paint?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Kimaya reads 8 pages in a magazine. She reads 5 times as many pages in a book. How many pages does Kimaya read altogether?

• 40 pages

• 48 pages

• 56 pages

• 64 pages

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Hasana swims 5 laps in a pool. Teresa swims 30 laps. How many times the number of laps Hasana swims does Teresa swim?

• 6

• 25

• 35

• 150

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.4

CCSS.3.OA.B.6

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Kyle sells 20 boxes of fruit for a fundraiser. Ahanu sells 2 times as many boxes of fruit as Kyle sells. What is the total number of boxes that Kyle and Ahanu sell?

• 40

• 60

• 80

• 100

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Owen is learning to play handbells. For one song, he rings the yellow bell 15 times and the green bell 5 times. How many times as often does Owen ring the yellow bell compared to the green bell? Which equation can help you answer the question?

• 15 - 5 = □

• 15 ÷ 5 = □

• 5 × 15 = □

• 5 + 15 = □

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Which problems can be solved using the equation 3 × 9 = a? Choose all that apply.

• Inés is 9 years old. She is 3 times as old as Nikia. How old is Nikia?

• Mateo makes 9 bowls of fruit salad. He uses 3 apples for each bowl. How many apples does he use?

• Three groups of actors perform in plays at a festival. There are 9 actors in each group. How many actors perform in plays?

• An art class meets 3 times a week for 9 weeks. How many times does the art class meet?

• Kama finds 3 acorns. Mike finds 3 times as many acorns as Kama. How many acorns does Mike find?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.4

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Maria has 32 postcards. Halima has, h, postcards. Maria has 4 times as many postcards as Halima. Select all the correct statements.

• The number of postcards Halima has can be represented by the expression

  32 ÷ 4

• Halima has 6 postcards.

• The number of postcards Halima has can be found by solving the equation 32 = 4 x h

• Halima has 8 postcards.

• The number of postcards Halima has can be represented by the expression

  32 x 4

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.4

CCSS.3.OA.B.6

Citlali learns 25 new spelling words. That is 5 times as many words as Paulo learns. How many words does Paulo learn? Draw a bar model to find the number of spelling words Paulo learns. Show your work.

• Paulo learns 5 new spelling words.

• Paulo learns 10 new spelling words.

• Paulo learns 15 new spelling words.

• Paulo learns 20 new spelling words.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.4

CCSS.3.OA.B.6

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Sierra writes 4 songs. Alex writes 6 more songs than Sierra. Darin writes 2 times as many songs as Sierra. How many songs do Alex and Darin each write?

• Alex writes 10 songs, Darin writes 8 songs

• Alex writes 6 songs, Darin writes 12 songs

• Alex writes 8 songs, Darin writes 10 songs

• Alex writes 10 songs, Darin writes 12 songs

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.B.6

CCSS.3.OA.C.7