Multi-Step Problem Bank
3rd Grade
Third Graders went to Adventureland. They bought ___ adult tickets for ___ each
and ___ children’s tickets for ___ each. They bought souvenirs totaling ___ altogether.
How much money did they spend?
Mrs. Inman bought ___ tickets to the Movie Theater. Each ticket normally costs $___. She used a coupon that got her $4 dollars off of each ticket. How much did Mrs. Inman spend on tickets?
(5, 14) (9, 9) ( 7, 12)(8, 13)
Mrs. Brees has a huge flower garden in her yard. This year she planted ___ flowers. She planted ___ flowers in each row. If half of the rows were roses, how many rows of roses did she plant?
(16, 8)(32, 8)(48, 8)(64, 8)
The Bulldog Basketball Team traveled about ___ miles in ___ days. Each day they traveled the same distance. How far did it travel in 3 days?
(100, 10)(25, 5)(36, 9)(48, 6)
___ students in Ms. Anderson’s class each read ___ pages in their independent reading books this week. If Ms. Anderson also read a 256 page book, how many pages did the class read?
(5, 10)(9, 3)(4, 8)(6, 7)
I am selling my favorite joke books at a garage sale. I have ___ books that I am selling for ___ each. If I sell all but 2 of them, how much money will I make?
(12, 2)(11, 5)(3, 10)(6, 4)
Jenny is keeping track of her new plant’s growth. The first month she had it,
it grew ___ centimeters. The second month, it grew ___ centimeters more. If it was ___ centimeters tall at the end of the second month, how tall was it when she bought it?
(5, 10, 20)(20, 35, 70)(32, 48, 100)(28, 56, 203)
Ms. Lans had ___ meters of yarn. She cut ___ meters from the rope to make a scarf. She also used ___ meters to start a stocking cap for Mrs. Brees’ new baby. How much yarn does she have left?
(99, 20, 15)(156, 64, 26)(333, 127, 202)
I had ____ and spent ½ of it on a video game at Gamestop. If I gave ___ dollar extra for tax, how much money do I have left?
(10, 1)(20, 3)(18, 6)(36, 12)
Wil’ dejah and her sister are going to the movies with their brother and ____of his friends. She is going to buy a package of candy for each of them. How much money will she need if each package of candy costs ____?
(2, 3)(7, 5)(4, 6)(5, 3)
There are ___ boys and ___ girls at the park. They are all riding Razor scooters. How many scooter wheels are there in at the park?
(2, 3)(4, 8)(6, 3)(12, 17)
Mr. Lord gave awards to ___ students from each class. There are ___ classes. If ½ of the award winners are girls, how many are boys?
(10, 5)(2, 12)(3, 6)(4, 8)
Brubaker has ___ markers. ___ are red, ___ are blue, and the rest are black. How many black markers does Brubaker have?
(87, 12, 35)(100, 24, 26)(204, 103, 59)(576, 368, 159)
There are ___ children, ___dogs, ___ cats, and ___fish in a building. How many legs are in that building?
(2, 1, 1, 5)(2, 3, 4, 2)(5, 5, 5, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9)
Bridget brought ___ pencils to school. Jose brought ___, and Kim brought ___. How many more pencils do they need to have ___?
(10, 15, 5, 50)(23, 33, 44, 100)(48, 56, 73, 212)
There are ___ tricycles and ___ bicycles on the bike trail. How many wheels are there on the trail?
(2, 3)(4, 6)(7, 8)(9, 9)
Abby had a collection of ___ books. She had ___ fiction books and ___ non-fiction books.If the rest of her books were poetry books, how many poetry books did he have?
(150, 50, 50) (284, 121, 32)(462, 176, 203)(900, 548, 299)
A farmer had ___ boxes of ___ apples.He packed the apple boxes on the truck to be taken to the store. On the way to the store ___boxes fell off the truck. How many apples were left on the truck?
(4, 5, 2)(3, 6, 1)(6, 4, 3)(9, 6, 3)
Kayla bought ___ packs of gum. Each pack has ___ pieces. She decided to give the gum to ___ of her friends. How many pieces will each friend get?
(2, 9, 3)(4, 6, 8)(6, 8, 4)(9, 4, 6)
Sam had a leaf pile with ___ leaves. Sally had a leaf pile with ___ leaves. They raked their leaves together into one pile. The wind blew ___ leaves away. How many leaves are left in the pile?
(22,35,26) (151, 263, 107) (262,156,239)(246, 162, 183)
Val cooked ___ pumpkin seeds. Amy cooked ___ pumpkin seeds. They ate some. When they were done eating there was only ___ left. How many seeds did they eat?
(15,44,16) (148,270,236) (582,338,707) (423,284,318)
Jaylen planted __ tomatoes in his garden. He planted the tomatoes in rows of ___. That night a rabbit came along and ate__ _ rows of tomatoes. How many rows of tomatoes does Jayen have left?
(35, 5, 2) (49, 7, 4) (36, 9, 2) (21, 7, 2)
Devon was putting ___ picture frames away on shelves. He put them onto ___ total shelves. That night, ___ shelves broke. How many picture frames does Devon have left on the shelves?
(20, 4, 2) (15, 3, 2) (18, 3, 2)(25, 5, 3)
There are ___ students in Mrs. Clark’s 3rd grade class. During math the students got into groups of ___ to work on a project. After they were finished with their projects, groups stood at the front of the room to share. How many groups were left sitting at their desks?
(24, 6, 3) (35, 7, 2) (15, 5, 1) (36, 6, 2)
The students at River Woods Elementary are having a bake sale. Each of the _ students made _ pans of brownies. They then cut each pan of brownies into _ squares. How many brownies will the students have to sell?
(3, 4, 2) (6, 7, 3) (4, 6, 7) (7, 8, 6)
Tommy and Janice are counting the activities in the inside recess bucket. There are _ board games and __ times as many puzzles as board games. How many total activities are in the indoor recess bucket?
(3, 5) (5, 7) (2, 6) (6, 8)
Two sisters were planning a party. They wanted the room to be filled with colorful streamers. The older sister, Geri, put up ___ rows of ___pink streamers. The younger sister, Sari, put up ___ rows of ___ green streamers. How many streamers did they put up in all?
(3, 4, 3, 5)(4, 6, 4, 8)(6, 7, 6, 3)(8, 3, 8, 6)
There are ___ children. Each of them have ___ toy cars. If they combine their cars and give away___ . How many toy cars do they have left?
(5, 3, 7)(6, 4, 8)(7, 6, 26)(4, 8, 30)
Paula has ___ boxes of peanuts. Each box holds ___ peanuts. Paula’s sister has ___ boxes of peanuts and each of her boxes hold ___ peanuts. How many peanuts do they have all together? Who has more peanuts? How many more does she have?
(2, 5, 3, 4)(7, 3, 6, 6)(8, 4, 5, 7)(4, 6, 3, 8)
Eric has ___ boxes of pencils. Each box holds ___ pencils. He sharpened ___ pencils. How many unsharpened pencils does he have?
(5, 5, 10)(3, 8, 5)(6, 8, 17)(8, 7, 29)
Michelle has ___ boxes of crayons. Each box holds ___ crayons. Michelle broke ___ crayons from each box. How many crayons does she have now?
(2, 5, 1)(3, 5, 3)(4, 6, 5)(6, 8, 5)
___ students each brought ___ pieces of candy to the class party. Mrs. Blue ate ___ pieces of candy. How much was left?
(12, 2, 4)(9, 3, 12)(8, 6, 29)(7, 8, 49)
Charles planted __ rows of trees on the garden. There are __ trees in each row. A lumber jack came through and cut down ___ rows. How many trees were left?
(5, 4, 3) (6, 3, 4) (4, 8, 1) (9, 4, 2)
A group of people ordered ___ pizzas. Each pizza was cut into __ pieces. You ate ___ slices out of each pizza.. How many are left?
(8, 6, 1, 7) (9, 6, 2, 8) (6, 4, 2, 8) (5, 8, 1, 4)
A pair of shoes costs ___ dollars. If John bought ___ pairs of shoes, and Shelly bought ___ pairs of shoes how many dollars did they pay for them?
(7, 4, 6) (8, 4, 3) (9, 2, 5) (6, 8, 6)
There are__ tables in the classroom. Each table has ___ seats. The custodian came in and took ___ tables. How many seats are left?
(8, 3, 1) (9, 4, 2) (7, 6, 3) (6, 7, 2)
There are ___ shirts. If each shirt has ___ buttons and ___ pockets, how many buttons are pockets are there altogether?
(7, 4, 2) (8, 6, 4) (9, 5, 3) (6, 6, 4)
There are __ cats, and each cat eats __ cans of food a day. If there are ___ cans of food how many days of food do the cats have?
(5, 2, 50)(3, 3, 63) (2, 4, 48) (4, 3, 48)
Anne earned $__ an hour baby-sitting, and $__ an hour working in the garden. Last week she did baby-sitting for ___ hours and garden work for __ hours. How much money did she make?
(3, 4, 5, 4)(6, 3, 6, 8) (7, 9, 2, 4) (8, 5, 6, 2)
Miguel has __ magazines to divide equally between __ friends. If each friend already has __ magazines, how many magazines will each friend have now?
(10, 2, 3) (12, 3, 5) (36, 6, 8) (54, 9, 3)
Pearl has ___ rows of ___ notebooks. Mike gives takes ___ rows of notebooks. How many notebooks does Pearl have now?
(4, 8, 1) ( 6, 6, 2) (10, 4, 4) (7, 6, 2)