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Pet Shelter Equal Groups: Kennels, Bowls, and Treats

Grade 3 equal groups practice at a pet shelter. Students connect stories and repeated addition to products as the total in equal groups.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.OA.A.1

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 12 questions
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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students describe a product as the total number of objects in equal groups.
  • Students connect equal groups and repeated addition to multiplication sentences.
  • Students tell equal groups from unequal groups and write their own equal-group stories.

How to use

Use when introducing multiplication. Have students draw circles for groups and dots for objects on the first few problems before they write the total.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.OA.A.1

Understand a product as the total in a number of equal groups.

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Pet Shelter Equal Groups: Kennels, Bowls, and Treats

Show a product as the total in equal groups.

Groups at the shelter

Read each story. Find the number of groups, the number in each group, and the total.

1.
The shelter has 4 kennels. There are 3 puppies in each kennel.

Number of groups:  
Puppies in each group:  
Total puppies:  

2.
Kai fills 6 bowls. He puts 5 scoops of food in each bowl.

  groups of   scoops =   scoops

3.
Ms. Rivera has 7 cat beds. There are 2 kittens on each bed. Which shows the total number of kittens?
  • A. 7 + 2
  • B. 7 × 2
  • C. 7 − 2
  • D. 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
4.
Which story matches 3 × 8?
  • A. Maya walks 3 dogs. Then she walks 8 more dogs.
  • B. Maya has 8 treats. She gives away 3 treats.
  • C. Maya has 3 bags with 8 treats in each bag.
  • D. Maya has 3 bags with 3 treats in each bag.
5.
The shelter has 5 rabbit hutches. There are 4 rabbits in each hutch.

4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 =  
There are   groups of 4 rabbits.
5 × 4 =   rabbits

Match and sort

Match each story to its multiplication. Then sort the groups.

6.
Match each shelter story to its multiplication.
  1. 6 crates with 3 kittens in each crate
  2. 4 perches with 5 birds on each perch
  3. 8 hutches with 2 rabbits in each hutch
  4. 3 tanks with 7 turtles in each tank
  1. A. 4 × 5
  2. B. 8 × 2
  3. C. 3 × 7
  4. D. 6 × 3
7.
Are the groups equal? Sort each one.
3 kennels with 4 dogs in each kennela bowl with 5 treats and a bowl with 3 treats2 hooks with 6 leashes on each hooka cage with 2 birds and a cage with 4 birds5 tanks with 6 fish in each tank3 beds with 2, 2, and 3 puppies
Equal groupsNot equal groups
8.
Ms. Lopez has 6 cages. She puts 4 birds in each cage. She writes 6 × 4 = 24. What does each number mean? Use the word bank.
Word bank: cages · birds in each cage · birds in all

6 is the number of  .
4 is the number of  .
24 is the number of  .

9.
Which stories match 5 × 3? Choose all that are correct.
  • A. 5 cats each get 3 toys.
  • B. There are 5 dogs and 3 cats.
  • C. 5 bowls have 3 bones in each bowl.
  • D. There are 5 bunnies. Then 3 bunnies hop away.
  • E. 5 shelves have 3 leashes on each shelf.
  • F. 5 baskets have 5 kittens in each basket.

Explain and create

Answer each question. Use words, numbers, or drawings.

10.
The shelter has 9 dogs. Each dog has 4 paws. How many paws are there in all?

There are   groups of 4 paws. That is   paws in all.

11.
Jada says 3 groups of 5 is the same as 3 + 5. Is she right? Explain.
12.
Write a pet shelter story for 4 × 6. Then find the total.

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