Solving one and two step real world problems using any of the four operations with whole numbers
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Subject Area: Mathematics (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 3
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Real world problems involving the four operations
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will learn to solve real world problems using the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

  • MA.3.AR.1.2 Solve one- and two-step real-world problems involving any of four operations with whole numbers.
Video : Multi-Step Word Problems
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Resources : Fun Math Resources!
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Quiz : Solving Real World Problems
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

Sarah ate 2 cookies. Jake ate x amount of cookies. Together 5 cookies were eaten. How many cookies did Jake eat?

Question #2

Tommy has 5 dollars. Last night Tommy got 5 dollars from the tooth fairy. How much money does Tommy have now?

Question #3

Katy wants to buy each member of her family 2 presents each for Christmas. She has 3 family members. How many presents does she need to buy?

Question #4

Jaxon went to the caival. He played the ring toss games 3 times and rode the roller coaster 2 times. If each game or ride costs 2 tickets, how many tickets did Jaxon use?

Question #5

Amy went to the movies with her family. Her dad bought 4 tickets for $5 each and spent $25 on soda and popco. How much did her dad spend in all?

Question #6

Sean had 5 posters on his wall in his bedroom. 2 posters fell off the wall. How many posters are left on the wall?

Question #7

A bag of 60 marbles is shared equally into 12 bags. How many marbles will be in each bag?

Question #8

Carly collected 8 seashells at the beach. Her brother Daniel collected 12 seashells at the beach. How many more seashells did Daniel collect than Carly?

Question #9

Brooke brought cookies to her class for her birthday to share. There are 40 cookies and 20 students all together. How many cookies will each student get?

Question #10

Asher has 2 boxes of crayons with 5 crayons in each box. He gives his ssister 3 crayons to borrow. How many crayons does Asher have left?