I have 3 kilograms 320 grams of cantaloupes. If I go to the Farmer’s Market and get another 700 grams of cantaloupe, how much will all my cantaloupes weigh? / 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-2.7, 3-3.2, 3-3.3, 3-5.4
Kam had a water bottle that held 3 quarts 2 pints of water while Chance had a bottle that held 2 quarts 2 pints of water. How much water will the water bottles hold altogether?
3.OA.8, 3.NF.1, 3.NF.2, 3.NF.33-2.5, 3-2.6
There are 18 socks in a bag. If Arden takes out ½ of the socks, how many socks will be left? / 3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
In a third grade class there are 9 boys. There are twice as many girls as boys. How many students are in the class in all?
3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3
Cindy has 5,433 erasers. She gives away 30 erasers on Thursday and then gives away 200 more on Friday. How many erasers does Cindy have left? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Sam’s bedroom is 4 meters 20 centimeters long, and Hudson’s bedroom is 1 meter 45 centimeters longer. How long is Sam’s bedroom?
3-1.1 & 3-2.3/ 3.NBT.2
Michael has 3 packs of blue pens, 2 packs of red pens, and 4 packs of black pens. If there are ten pens in each pack, how many pens does Michael have in all? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3
Drew had $3,000. He spent $569 on a television and $938 on a television cabinet. How much money did Drew have left?
3-2.3/3.NBT.2
The record for staying on a wagging dog’s tail before falling off is 1 minute 40 seconds. If Frank Flea beats the records by 20 seconds, what is the new record? / 3-1.1 &3-2.12/3.OA.8
The first stocking contained half the presents that the second stocking had. The third stocking had double the presents of the second stocking. The middle stocking had 10 presents. Which stocking had the most presents?
3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
Tom has a box of 30 chocolates. He eats 6 of them and places the rest of them into three bags for his sisters. How many chocolates are in each bag? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3
Priscilla collected 710 rocks. Allison collected 96 fewer rocks than Priscilla. How many rocks did they collect altogether?
3-2.3/3.NBT.2
The record for jumping on dog’s ear to the other is 94cm made by Kerri Flea.
1. Flo Flea jumped 87cm. Flo missed the record by many cm? ______
2. Flynn Flea jumped 93cm. Did he beat the record? ______
How much further did he jump than Flo? ______
Label the fleas by name showing the order they jumped from least to greatest.
______
3-6.2/3.MD.3
Create a bar graph below representing the jumps made by Kerri, Flo, and Flynn. Don’t forget to label each part of the graph! / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
It is 5 kilometers 200 meters from the mall to McDonald’s and another 3 kilometers 88 meters from McDonald’s to school. If Elizabeth walks from the mall to McDonald’s and then to school, how far will she have walked?
3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
Lisa sold 4 times as many raffle tickets as Tyrell. Lisa sold 32 tickets. How many more raffle tickets did Lisa sell than Tyrell? / 3-1.1 & 3-2.7/2.MD.8 & 3.NBT.3
Manuel will earn 10¢ for each newspaper he delivers. He delivers 7 newspapers each day. How much money will he earn each day? How much will he earn each week?
3-1.1 & 3-5.6/3.MD.1
Sarah wakes up at 6:30am. It takes her thirty minutes to get ready for school. What time is it when Sarah leaves her home for school? Draw a digital clock and an analog clock representing the times below. / 3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.NBT.3
Manuel needs rubber bands for the newspapers. He delivers 17 newspapers each day. A box of rubber bands lasts him 10 days. How many rubber bands are in the box?
3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
There were 231 books in Ms. Duggan’s room and 677 books in Ms. James’ room. Of all those books, 422 books have been read. How many books have not been read? / 3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
Jose bought 4 cartons of juice for 80 cents each. He gave the cashier $5.00. How much change should he receive?
2.MD.8, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Steve had $5.00. He bought 5 glue sticks for 25 cents each and 6 notebooks for 38 cents each. How much money does Steve have left? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
The difference between 2 numbers is 127. If the bigger number is 402, what is the smaller number?
3.OA.8, 3.NF.1, 3.NF.2, 3.NF.33-2.5, 3-2.6
Chick-fil-A is going to bring our class lunch. If 4/10 of the lunch is chicken strips and the rest is chicken sandwiches, what fraction of the lunch is chicken sandwiches? / 3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
A greengrocer packed three boxes of six apples and six boxes of three bananas. How many pieces of fruit did the greengrocer pack in all?
3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
The running club has 256 members. If 88 members are 3rd graders and 112 are 4th graders, how many members are 5th graders? / 3.OA.8, 3.NF.1, 3.NF.2, 3.NF.33-2.5, 3-2.6
Jeff at 3/6 of the French fries in the bag. If the bag had 42 fries to begin with, how many French fries were uneaten?
3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Brandi had $50.00. She paid $24.78 for a textbook and $3.19 for a library book. How much change did she get back? / 3-1.1 & 3-5.6/3.MD.1
Everyday Tara goes to reading class at 8:00am and leaves at 9:30am. How long is Tara in reading class? (Bonus: How long is Tara in reading class after five days?)
3-1.1, 3-2.3, & 3-5.1/ 2.MD.8
Riley bought 2 tickets to the Haunted House. Each ticket costs $1.75. How much change would Riley receive if he paid with a $5 dollar bill? What would his change be using the fewest amount of coins possible? / 3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
On Monday Lia read 4 times as many pages of her book as Jess. Lia read 100 pages. How many more pages did Lia read than Jess?
3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
Pete has 11 video games. Sam has twice as many video games as Pete. How many video games do they have together? / 3.OA.8, 3.NF.1, 3.NF.2, 3.NF.33-2.5, 3-2.6
There are 24 houses in a neighborhood. If ¼ of the houses have swimming pools, how many houses do not have pools?
3-1.1 & 3-2.3/ 3.OA.8 & 3.NBT.2
A greengrocer had 115 green apples and 83 red apples. On Monday he sold 72 apples. How many apples did the greengrocer have left? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Trey’s family is driving to the beach. On day 1they drive 255 miles and on day 2 they drive 308 miles. If the trip is 880 miles total, how many miles are left for them to drive after day 2?
3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
There were 2,131 people at a concert. At intermission 333 people left and 125 people arrived. How many people were at the concert after intermission? / 3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
Marcus had 100 marbles. He gave away 65 marbles and put the remaining marbles equally into 9 bags. How many marbles did he put into each bag?
2.MD.8, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
There are 6,219 gumballs in my yard. If 1,000 more gumballs fall and then 3 groups of 25 get picked up, how many gumballs will still be in my yard? / 3-1.1 & 3-2.3/ 2.MD.8
Chanjuan buys a new wrestling magazine for $3.94. He gives the cashier 3 $1 dollar bills, 3 quarters, 1 dime, 1 nickel, and 4 pennies. How much change should the cashier give to Chanjuan?
3-1.1 & 3-2.3/ 3.OA.8 & 3.NBT.2
Maria and Nicky picked tomatoes in their vegetable garden. Maria picked 49 tomatoes and Nicky picked 62. If they used 25 tomatoes to make pasta sauce how many did they have left? / 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-2.7
Alice plans to use a square piece of plywood for the tabletop. She wants to put 12 tiles on each outside edge of the tabletop. Each tile measures 2 inches by 2 inches. What will be the length of each outside edge of the tabletop?
3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
Rosa made 56 cupcakes. She put 8 cupcakes into each box and sold the boxes for $3.00 each. How much money did Rosa receive? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Ms. Bostic had 3,210 papers to grade. She graded 1,816 papers before her classes turned in another 487 papers to grade. How many papers does she still need to grade?
3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
Sarah completed 3 times as many laps of the oval as Joe. Sarah completed 18 laps. How many more laps did Sarah complete than Joe? / 2.MD.8, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Elda has 22 plants. If she puts them in groups of 3, how many groups will she make? How many plants will be left over?
3.MD.1 & 3-5.6, 3-5.7
Jesse found one seashell on the beach every 10 minutes.
- How many seashells did he find
- How many did he find in 5
Maria has more seashells than Ernie. Ernie has more seashells than Jan.
1. Who has the most seashells?
2. Who has the fewest seashells?
3.OA3, 3.OA7, 3.OA8 & 3-2.11
Dan, age 9, went to the zoo with his mom, his 11-year-old brother, and his 7-year-old sister. The admission to the zoo was $7.00 for adults and $3.00 for children. How much was the admission for the family? / 3.NBT.3, 3.MD.1 & 3-2.11, 3-5.7
Ann is learning to play the trumpet. She practices 30 minutes every day.
- How many minutes does she practice in 6 days?
- How many hours is that?
3.NF.1, 3.NF.2 & 3-2.5
Ms. Sim’s class is learning about statistics. Ms. Sim asked her students to choose their favorite color. One-half of the students chose green, one-fourth chose blue, and one-fourth chose red. There are 24 students in Ms. Sim’s class. How many students chose each color? / 3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2
Pete has 8 caps. Sam has four times as many caps as Pete. How many caps do they have together?
3.OA.5, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 &3-2.1, 3-2.3, 3-2.10
Jasmine is making bead bracelets for her 3 friends. Jasmine needs 18 beads to make one bracelet. She has 46 beads. Does she have enough beads to make all three bracelets? Explain why she does or doesn’t have enough beads. / 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3
Leta’s uncle is coming to visit. He plans to drive 60 miles each hour. If he drives a total of 180 miles, how many hours will it take?
3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.OA.3 & 3.NBT.2/2.MD.8
I have 99 cents. I buy six pencils for nine cents each. How much money do I have left? / CC Mathematical Practices# 2: Reason abstractly & 3-1.1, 3-2.1
More people like chocolate ice cream than rocky road. The same number of people like rocky road and strawberry. More people like strawberry than vanilla.
- Which flavor of ice cream do the most people like?
- Which flavor do the fewest people like?
3-1.1, 3-2.3, & 3-1.3/ 2.MD.8
Tim wants to pay his power bill that costs $31.94. He has 2 twenty dollar bills. Will Tim be able to pay his power bill today? Explain why or why not? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2, 3.NBT.3, & 3-2.3, 3-2.11
Mr. Connor needs to read 2 books with 100 pages each, 5 books with 10 pages each, and 1 book that is 1,000 pages. How many pages does Mr. Connor need to read in all?
2.MD.8, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Marcus has 15 socks. He places them in groups of 2. How many groups does he have? How many socks are left? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Fatima is 1 meter 56 centimeters tall, while her brother, Khalil, is 1 meter 63 centimeters tall. If you put the brother and sister together, how tall would they be?
3.NBT.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.8 & 3-2.7
C.J. has 2 bags of birdseed. Each bag holds 90 ounces. If he puts 10 ounces of seed in the feeder each day, how many days can C.J. fill his feeder? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-3.3
Miguel wants to make cookies for his class. His recipe makes a batch of 12 cookies. There are 27 students in his class.
- If the students and his teacher each have one cookie, how many batches of cookies should Miguel make?
3-1.1 & 3-2.7/ 3.NBT.3
Manuel is starting his first newspaper route. He will deliver 12 newspapers. A newspaper subscription costs each customer $6.00 each month. How much will all the customers pay for one month? / 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2& 3-2.3, 3-2.7
Four finches came to C.J.’s bird feeder on Thursday. Twice as many sparrows came as finches. Half as many chickadees came as finches.
- How many sparrows came to the bird feeder?
3. How many birds came in all?
3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.1, 3-2.3, 3-2.11
Conrad wants to make a house out of the blocks. He has 148 blocks. Each wall of his house needs 30 blocks. The roof needs 20 blocks. If the house has 4 walls, will he have enough blocks to make the house? Explain why or why not. / CC Mathematical Practices# 2: Reason abstractly &3-1.1
Mr. Gross collected data about his students’ favorite types of books. He discovered that most students liked mystery books. The fewest number of students liked science fiction. More students liked fantasy books than science fiction books. More students liked nonfiction books than fantasy books. Put the types of books in order from most to fewest liked.
3-1.1 & 3-2.3/ 3.OA.8 & 3.NBT.2
Dad has 400 books to pack into boxes. On Monday he packs 222 books and on Tuesday he packs 148 books. How many more books does dad need to pack into boxes? / 3-2.3/3.NBT.2
Welcome to flea track-and-field. One of the most popular flea feats is the dog hair high jump. The record is 37cm made by Tim Flea.
- Fred Flea jumped 29cm. By how muchdid he miss the record? ______
- Frances Flea jumped 41cm. By how much did she beat the record? ______
Create a bar graph below representing the heights jumped by Tim, Fred, and Frances. Don’t forget to label each part of the graph!
2.MD.8, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Kellan has 22 awards to hang on the wall. If he places 5 per row, how many full rows will he have? How many awards will be left over? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3
Mrs. Rock is planning an ice cream party for her class. She needs one cone for each of her 25 students and one cone for herself. There are 10 ice cream cones in a box.
- How many boxes of cones should she buy?
- How many cones will be left over?
2.MD.8, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Barry and his friends found 900 glow sticks. They cracked and activated 72 of the glow sticks and placed the unused glow sticks equally into 4 boxes. How many glow sticks did they put in each box? / CC Mathematical Practices# 2: Reason abstractly & 3-1.1
Sue is taller than Allison, but shorter than Dana. Virginia is the same height as Allison. Mary is taller than Dana. Who is the tallest? Draw pictures to help you find the answer.
3.MD.1, , 3.OA.8, 3-2.3, 3-5.6
Savannah practices the cello 1 hour 15 minutes each day while Shelby practices 30 minutes per day. How much more does Savannah practice than Shelby? / 3.OA.8, 3.NF.1, 3.MD.7, 3.G.2 &3-2.5, 3-2.7, 3-4.7
Jeff made a cake for dessert. The cake measured 10 inches by 10 inches. The cake was cut into 4 pieces that were the same size. What could be the size of each piece?
2.MD.8, 3.NBT.1, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3, 3.NBT.2, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.5, 3-2.6, 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Melissa has 27 pairs of shoes. Dock has 1/3 as many pairs of shoes as Melissa before he goes to the store and buys 6 more pair. How many pairs of shoes does Dock have after he goes shopping? / 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3
Ms. Metz had each student estimate his or her own height. Dana’s estimate was 150 cm. Her real height was 115 cm.
How far off was her estimate?
Lily’s height was 122 cm.
How much taller is Lily than Dana?
3-1.1 & 3-2.3/ 3.OA.8 & 3.NBT.2/2.MD.8
After spending $55.00 on a shirt and $124.00 on a pair of shoes Tom had $40.00 left in his wallet. How much money did Tom have to begin with? / CC Mathematical Practices# 2: Reason abstractly, 3.OA.9 & 3-1.1, 3-2.1, 3-2.9
Guess the mystery number. The number is greater than 10 and less than 18. The number is the sum of two identical odd numbers. What is the number? Show how you found your answer.
3.MD.1, , 3.OA.8, 3-2.3, 3-5.6
A pot roast was put in the crock-pot and took 55 minutes to cook. Later, a breakfast casserole took 38 minutes to bake. How much time did it take altogether for the pot roast and the casserole to bake? / 3.OA.3, 3.NBT.2 & 3-2.3, 3-2.7
Elaine is a good marbles player. On average, she can shoot 3 marbles out of the circle each round.
- About how many marbles would she shoot out after 3 rounds?
- About how many marbles after 4 rounds?
3-1.1 & 3-2.3/ 3.OA.8 & 3.NBT.2
Peter had 55 marbles. He gave 16 marbles to his brother and 19 to his best friend. How many marbles did Peter have left? / 2.MD.8, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Hal had 23 sand dollars. Together his family had 31 more sand dollars than him. His family placed their sand dollars equally onto 6 shelves. How many sand dollars were on each shelf?
2.MD.8, 3.MD.1 & 2-5.1, 2-5.2
Shelley and her mom are going shopping downtown. They parked the car in front of a parking meter that takes a quarter for each half hour. Shelley and her mom plan to shop from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- How many quarters will they need to put in the parking meter?
- How much money will parking cost?
On Monday Tom’s Bakery had 90 chocolate muffins for sale. 25 chocolate muffins were sold in the morning and 46 in the afternoon. How many chocolate muffins were left?
2.MD.8, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Sydney bought 3 packs of 223 stencils and 4 packs of 375 stencils for an art project. How many total stencils did Sydney buy? / 3-1.1 & 3-2.3/ 3.OA.8 & 3.NBT.2
There are 157 girls and 201 boys in Grade 3. Out of these, 244 students have brown eyes. How many 3rd grade students do not have brown eyes?
3-1.1 & 3-2.3/ 3.OA.8 & 3.NBT.2
A truck driver needed to deliver 750 sacks of flour. He delivered 235 sacks to a shop on Smith Street and 367 sacks to a shop on Bent Avenue. How many more sacks did he need to deliver? / 2.MD.8, 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4, 3.OA.5, 3.OA.6, 3.OA.7, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.3 & 3-2.7, 3-2.8, 3-3.2, 3-3.3
Mr. Webster went to Bruster’s and bought 6 ice cream cones. If each ice cream cone cost $2.56, what was the total cost of the ice cream cones?
3.MD.1, , 3.OA.8, 3-2.3, 3-5.6
Basketball practice lasted for 2 hours 30 minutes. If 1 hour 45 minutes of basketball practice is over, how much is left? / 3.OA.5, 3.OA.8, 3.NBT.2, 3.NbT.3 & 3-2.3, 3-2.7, 3-2.11
Alice is making a mosaic table. She needs to buy 144 square tiles. Each tile costs $0.10. How much will all the tiles cost?