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3rd Grade STAAR
Math Word Problems
Story Problems
100

Which number is the same as nine hundred eighty-nine?

What is 989?

100

Johnson Elementary School has 174 students enrolled in first grade, 108 students in

second grade, and 163 students in third grade. How many more second and third

graders are enrolled than first graders?

 

What is 97

100

Two strategies that you can use on STAAR Test?

What are GET plan, Strip diagram, Drawing pictures, 

100

A teacher took his students on a field trip.  

-  The class spend 45 minutes listening to a tour guide.

- Then the class spent 37 minutes exploring the museum.

-  Afterwards, the class spent 25 minutes eating a picnic lunch.

What was the total amount of time the class spent doing these activities on the field trip?

What is 1 hour 47 minutes

100

Charles read 87 books when in the 2nd grade and 56 books when in the 3rd grade. What is the best estimate of the total number of books Charles read in both the 2nd and 3rd grades?

What is 150?

200

What is the value of 6 in 56,048

6,000

200

Mr. Carter bought a roll containing 52 yards of fishing line. He used 28 yards of the

fishing line on his new fishing reel. How many yards of fishing line were left on the

roll then?

What is 24 yards?

200

Nikki baked 12 blueberry muffins in a muffin pan. The pan has 3 rows and each row

in the pan has the same number of muffin cups. What is the number of muffin cups

in each row?

What is 4?

200

There are 6 types of pies at the bakery.

-  There are 12 pies of each type.

-  The baker combined all of the pies and then separated them into 8 groups.

-  There are an equal number of pies in each group. 

How many pies are in 3 of the groups?

What is 27?

200

At Hardy’s Lawn, a lawn mower costs $129. The same lawn mower costs $183 at Joe’s Lawn & More. About how much less is the lawn mower from Hardy’s Lawn than Joe’s Lawn & More?

What is $50?

300

A number that means the same as seven hundred thirty-three thousand, fifty-six?


What is 733,056

300

The Caldo family is having a picnic at the park. They have a package containing 8

hot dogs that they will cook over a camp fire. Each of the 4 family members will cook

the same number of hot dogs. Which equation represents how many hot dogs each

family member will cook?

8 / 4 = 2

300

Ms. Jenkins bought 4 new boxes of colored chalk for a special art project. The total

number of pieces of chalk in the 4 boxes was 40. Which number sentence can be

used to find the number of pieces of chalk in each box?

40 / 4 = 10

300

Mr. G, Mrs. Hilbig, and Ms. Nerada each trained to run a marathon.

- Mr. G trained for 29 days.

-Mrs. Hilbig trained for 49 days.

-Ms. Nerada trained for 63 days.

What is the difference in the number of days Mr. G and Ms. Nerada trained than the number of days Mrs. Hilbig trained?

What is 43 days?

300

In three games, a basketball player scored a total of 122 points.

 • In game 1, the player scored 34 points. 

• In game 2, the player scored 43 points. 

How many points did the basketball player score in game 3?

What is 45 points?

400

Jackson's school participated in the local food drive.  The students brought 2,185 cans of corn, 2,159 cans of peas, and 2,158 cans of beans.  How can these numbers be put into order correctly from greatest to least?

What is 2,185 > 2,159 > 2,158
400

Jon has 48 pictures of his friends that he wants to put in an album. He wants to put

8 photos on each page. Which number sentence could be used to find the number

of pages that he will need?

48/8= 6

400

Gina has 40 pears and 20 peaches left to sell at a farmer’s market. She divided them

equally among 10 baskets. How many pieces of fruit did she put in each basket?

What is 6?

400

Brianna used 36 rubber bands to make shapes on her geoboard.  She used 6 rubber bands for each shape.  What equation can be used to find the number of shapes Briana made with these rubber bands?

6

400

The 3rd grade teachers are taking their students to the State Fair. A group of 44 girls and 26 boys will attend the field trip. The teachers will give each student 3 meal tickets. How many tickets with the teachers need to purchase in all?

What is 210?

500

In the number 78,825 which digit is 10 times greater than another digit?

8,000 is 10 times greater than 800

500

Mitch can play 4 different songs on the piano. Nathan can play twice as many songs

on the piano as Mitch can play. Which expression represents the number of songs

Nathan can play compared to the number of songs Mitch can play?

What is 4 x 2 = 8

500

Emily picked 9 peppers from each of her pepper plants. She picked 54 peppers in all.

She also picked 9 tomatoes from each of her tomato plants. She picked 36 tomatoes

in all. How many more pepper plants does she have than tomato plants?

What is 2?

500

Ronald has 3 boxes of nails.  The first box has 438 nails, the 2nd box has 375 nails, and the 3rd box has 429 nails.  He is going to put the nails into a case that holds 2,000 nails.  How many more nails does he need to fill the case?

What is 758?


500

Dana is counting the square tiles on her rectangular kitchen wall. Each square tile had an area of 1 square inch. On the wall there are 5 rows of tiles and 7 tiles in each row. What is the area of the kitchen wall in square inches?

What is 35?

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