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✖️ 3rd grade math · Multiply & Divide

Two-step stories

Do the first step, then use that answer for the second.

Worked example

There are 8 bags with 7 apples in each. Then 6 apples are used. How many apples are left?
Answer: 50
Step 1: 8 × 7 = 56. Step 2: 56 − 6 = 50. Answer: 50.

For grown-ups: Two-step problems, all four operations. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 3.OA.D.8
What this practises, for teachers

Practices two-step problems, all four operations (3.OA.D.8). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. There are 7 boxes with 9 muffins in each. Then 5 muffins are used. How many muffins are left?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 58
    Step 1: 7 × 9 = 63. Step 2: 63 − 5 = 58. Answer: 58.
  2. There are 4 bags with 4 apples in each. Then 4 more apples are added. How many apples are there in all?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 20
    Step 1: 4 × 4 = 16. Step 2: 16 + 4 = 20. Answer: 20.
  3. 6 shelves are on one table and 3 shelves are on another table. Each shelf holds 3 books. How many books are there in all?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 27
    Step 1: 6 + 3 = 9 shelves. Step 2: 9 × 3 = 27. Answer: 27.

Before and after

Learn first: Times tens (3rd)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

Two-step stories (3rd grade)

  1. There are 9 packs with 5 pencils in each. Then 3 pencils are used. How many pencils are left?
  2. There are 5 packs with 9 pencils in each. Then 2 pencils are used. How many pencils are left?
  3. There are 4 plates with 5 cookies in each. Then 2 cookies are used. How many cookies are left?
  4. There are 4 boxes with 9 muffins in each. Then 2 more muffins are added. How many muffins are there in all?
  5. There are 8 packs with 8 pencils in each. Then 3 more pencils are added. How many pencils are there in all?
  6. There are 4 shelves with 4 books in each. Then 3 books are used. How many books are left?
  7. There are 5 plates with 8 cookies in each. Then 5 cookies are used. How many cookies are left?
  8. There are 8 boxes with 8 muffins in each. Then 4 more muffins are added. How many muffins are there in all?
  9. 2 shelves are on one table and 5 shelves are on another table. Each shelf holds 7 books. How many books are there in all?
  10. There are 9 bags with 9 apples in each. Then 9 apples are used. How many apples are left?
  11. There are 6 bags with 5 apples in each. Then 2 more apples are added. How many apples are there in all?
  12. 28 cookies are shared equally among 4 plates. Then 3 more cookies are put in one plate. How many cookies are in that plate now?

Answer key

  1. 42
  2. 43
  3. 18
  4. 38
  5. 67
  6. 13
  7. 35
  8. 68
  9. 49
  10. 72
  11. 32
  12. 10

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