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3rd Grade Word Problems @WCE

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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? 
a)
24
b)
4
c)
17
d)
5
2.
James bough four 8-ounce bottles of water for a hiking trip. He drank 28 ounces. How many ounces of water are left?
a)
20
b)
32
c)
4
d)
36
3.
Vanessa was making 7 salads. She opened a can of olives and put 6 olives on each salad. Then she ate the rest of the olives in the can. If there were 51 olives to start with, how many olives did Vanessa eat? 
a)
9
b)
64
c)
38
d)
11
4.

Kim and Sarah sold bags of cookies.

  • Each bag has 8 cookies
  • Kim sold 4 bags of cookies
  • Sarah sold 5 bags of cookies

What is the total number of cookies that Kim and Sarah sold together?

a)

60

b)

52

c)

17

d)

72

5.

A store sells bananas in bunches of 6. Sait buys 5 bunches and Daniel buys 4 bunches. How many bananas did Sait and Daniel buy all together?

a)

15

b)

20

c)

30

d)

54

6.

Danielle sorted her marbles into 8 groups. She put 3 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 yellow marbles in each group. How many marbles did she have in all?

a)

16

b)

18

c)

24

d)

64

7.

Wanda bought three boxes of cookies. Two boxes had 10 cookies. The third box had 8 cookies. Which equation shows the total number of cookies, c, Wanda bought?

a)

2 + 10 + 8 = c

b)

2 × 10 + 8 = c

c)

2 × 10 × 8 = c

d)

2 + 10 × 8 = c

8.

Michael is preparing for an upcoming bike race. His goal is to bike a total of 48 miles this week.


In the first 4 days, he biked 5 miles each day.


In the next 2 days he biked 8 miles each day.


How many more miles does he need to bike on the last day to reach his goal?

a)

8

b)

11

c)

12

d)

14

9.
Ms. Weiss cooked some pancakes for herself and 3 family members. She made 28 pancakes to split equally. How many pancakes will each person receive?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
3
d)
8
10.
Sarah had $139. She worked and earned some more money. She now has $302 total. How much money did she earn while working?
a)
$441
b)
$139
c)
$163
d)
$63
11.
Mr. Brizz drinks 8 ounces of coffee everyday. How many ounces of coffee will he drink in a 7 day week?
a)
15
b)
56
c)
48
d)
54
12.

In the following word problem, what is the operation needed to solve the first step?


Annabel was running in the Fun Run to raise money for her school. Her parents donated $8 per lap. Her grandparents donated $4 per lap. She ran 12 laps. How much money did she raise during the Fun Run?

a)

addition

b)

subtraction

c)

multiplication

d)

division

13.

Julio spends 29 minutes doing his spelling homework. He then completes each math problem in

4 minutes. There are 7 math problems. How many minutes does Julio spend on his homework in all?

a)

28

b)

1

c)

57

d)

47

14.

Darren spends 39 minutes studying for his science test. He then does 6 chores. Each chore takes him 3 minutes. How many minutes does Darren spend studying and doing chores?

a)

18

b)

57

c)

47

15.
Serenity made 6 necklaces. Each necklace had 8 charms on it. She gave away 3 necklaces, how many charms does she have left?
a)
24 charms
b)
45 charms
c)
11 charms
d)
17 charms