1 Step Word Problems

Mallory built a house with 268 Lego bricks. She added more bricks on to make her house bigger. Now her Lego house has 645 bricks. Which equation would you use to find how many bricks she added to her house?

• 268 + 645

• 645 - 268

• 268 - 645

• 645 + 268

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Sunshine Elementary School has 10 classes. There are 210 students in third grade. 146 of the third graders are boys.

How would you figure out how many girls are in third grade?

• 210 -10 - 146

• 210 + 146

• 210 - 146

• 10 + 210 - 146

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Emily wants to estimate how many hundreds will be in the sum of 348 and 463. ABOUT how many hundreds will be in Emily’s total?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Kate worked on her homework this week for 110 minutes. She worked for 28 more minutes than her sister Callie. How will you find how many minutes her sister Callie worked?

• 110 - 28

• 110 + 28

• 28 + 110

• 28 - 110

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CCSS.3.MD.A.1

Bryana visited her grandmother and her cousins over summer break. Her grandmother lives 415 miles away. Her cousins live 287 miles away. How would you find ABOUT how much farther did Bryana have to travel to see her grandmother than her cousins?

• 415 + 287

• 420 + 290

• 420 - 290

• 415 - 287

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Fresh Foods Grocery Store placed 687 apples on a stand.

390 apples were sold by noon. The store pulled the 234 apples from their storage to add to the stand at noon.

How could you figure out how many apples were on the stand at noon?

• add 687 and 390 then add 234 more

• subtract 687 minus 390 then subtract 234

• subtract 687 minus 390 then add 234

• add 686 and 390 then subtract 234

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Calculate: 386 + 794

• 1180

• 1170

• 1070

• 1080

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Estimate: 456 + 337

• 800

• 810

• 790

• 793

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.1

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Calculate: 793 - 456

• 337

• 347

• 333

• 343

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Calculate: 800 - 658

• 142

• 258

• 158

• 152

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2