3rd Grade Word Problems
The cost of each book is $5. What is the cost of 12 books?
$60.00
2x3=?
2x3=6
24÷3=?
24/3=8
Vanessa was making baggies of cookies with 4 cookies in each bag. If she had 20 chocolate chip cookies and 42 oatmeal cookies, how many baggies could she make?
(20+42)/4= 15 baggies
Charles wants to plant 63 Sunflowers in 7 flowerbeds. How many flowers should he plant in each flowerbed?
9 flowers
Roger works 12 hours in a day. How many hours does he work in 3 days?
36 hours
8x3=?
8x3=24
56÷8=?
56÷8=7
There are 19 students trying out for the choir. If 5 of them didn't get picked and the rest were put into two groups, how many students would be in each group?
(19-5)/2=7
Dan sells a total of 45 candy bars to 9 neighbors. Each neighbor buys the same number of candy bars. How many candy bars does each buy?
5 candy bars
A bag contains 8 balls. How many balls are there in 9 bags?
72 balls
4x9=?
4x9=36
40/5=?
40÷5=8
Each chocolate bar in a box costs $10. If a box had 25 bars total and Zoey sold all but 6 bars, how much money would she have made?
(25-6)x10=$190
Ashley, Susana, and Liz bought a box of chocolates. There are 48 chocolates in the box. How many chocolates does each of them receive?
16 chocolates
Kitty drinks 6 gallons of milk in a week. How much milk does she drink in 2 weeks?
12 gallons
11x10=?
11x10=110
50÷2=?
50÷2=25
Billy had 18 movies but 8 of them weren't working. If he wanted to sell the working games for $8 each, how much money could he earn?
(18-8)x8=80
The fine for an overdue library book is 4 cents a day. Tyler returned his books 1 day late. He paid a 48-cent fine. How many books did he return?
6 books
Mia uses 8 ribbons on every card she makes. Mia wants to make 8 cards. How many ribbons does she need?
64 ribbons
12x11=
12x11=132
100÷25=?
100÷25=4
There are four friends playing video games online when two more players joined. If each player had eight lives, how many lives did they have total?
(4+2)x8= 48 lives
Maria puts 6 pictures on each page of her photo album. How many pages did she use for her 72 photographs of the Rocky Mountains?
12 pages