Third Grade Word Problems

Word Problems 1

100

Madison had 12 crayons in her box. Her best friend gave her 8 more. How many crayons does she have now?

12+8=20

200

Miss Ferreira's class read 9 books. Mr. MacKenzie's class read 6 books. Mrs. B's class read 9 books. How many books did the third grade read all together?

9+6+9=24

300

At a party, there were 56 red balloons and 29 blue balloons.
How many balloons were there in total?

56+29=85

400

Jason had 62 stickers in his collection. He gave 47 stickers to his little brother.
How many stickers does Jason have left?

62-47=15

500

Lena has 48 marbles. Her friend gives her 37 more marbles.
How many marbles does Lena have now?

48+37=85

Word Problems 2

100

Ashley has 10 cookies. Her friend has 17 cookies. How many cookies do they have all together?

27

200

Dr. Prout has 20 blue and yellow fish in her fish tank. She has 9 yellow fish. How many blue fish does she have?

11

300

George has some baseball cards. Frank gave him 15 more baseball cards. Now he has 20 cards. How many baseball cards did George have to start with?

5

400

Jordan has 17 toy cars. Dina has 11 toy cars. How many MORE toy cars does Jordan have than Dina?

6

500

Mrs. Shaw wants to sell 18 tickets to the show. On Monday she sold 5 and on Tuesday she sold 8. How many more tickets will she need to sell if she wants to sell 18?

5+8=13

18-13=5

5 Tickets

Word Problems 3

100

Tom has 8 toy cars. Matt has 9 toy cars. How many toy cars do they have all together?

8+9=17

200

Miss Glenn bought 20 pencils. She passed out 8 of them. How many pencils does she have left?

20-8=12

300

Emily had 8 silly bands. Her friend gave her some more silly bands. Now she has 20 silly bands. How many silly bands did her friend give her?

20-8=12

400

Kim scored 30 points in a basketball game. Adam scored 10 fewer points than Kim. How many points did Adam score?

20

500

A class needs 20 stars to have a pizza party. The class earned 5 stars in March and 10 stars in April. How many more stars will they need to earn their pizza party?

5

Word Problems 4

100

Alexis had 20 cookies. She ate 7 of them. How many cookies does Alexis have lef?

20-7=13

200

Sara has 16 magazines. She gave some to her sister. Now she has 7 magazines. How many magazines did she give to her sister?

16-7=9

300

There are 10 children on a bus. Some more people get on the bus. Now there are 25 people on the bus. How many people got on the bus?

25-10=15

400

Tim has 19 markers. Dave has 6 more markers than Tim. Write a number sentence that shows how many markers Dave has.

19 + 6 = _____

500

The band wants to sell 20 tickets to the concert. They sold 12. How many more tickets will they need to sell?

20-12=8

Word Problems 5

100

Max made 13 cupcakes. Her family ate 7 cupcakes. How many cupcakes does she have now?

13-7=6

200

The third grade class had 20 candy bars. The second grade class had 13 candy bars. How many more candy bars did the third grade have than the second grade?

20-13=7

300

There were some people on a bus. 22 people got off the bus. Now there are 14 people on the bus. How many people were on the bus to start?

22+14=36

400

Mrs. Smith's class has 24 children. Mrs. White's class has 15 children. How many more children does Mrs. Smith have than Mrs. White?

24-15=9

500

There are 2 cars in the garage. Each car has 4 tires. How many tires are on all the cars?

2x4=8