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School Fair Two-Step Word Problems

Grade 3 school fair two-step word problems with tickets and prizes, letter equations, and estimation to check if answers are reasonable.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.OA.D.8

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What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students solve two-step word problems about tickets and prizes with all four operations.
  • Students match two-step stories to equations that use a letter for the unknown number.
  • Students use estimation to check whether answers to two-step problems are reasonable.

How to use

Use as practice or review after teaching two-step problems. Ask students to write a quick estimate before they solve and compare it with their exact answer.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.OA.D.8

Solve two-step story problems with the four operations and check answers with estimation.

Preview

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School Fair Two-Step Word Problems

Count tickets and prizes in two steps, then check your answers.

Ticket booth

Solve each problem. Each one takes two steps.

1.
Lily has 4 strips of tickets with 8 tickets on each strip. She uses 13 tickets at the bean bag toss. How many tickets does she have left? Circle the two equations that solve the problem.

4 + 8 = 124 × 8 = 3232 + 13 = 458 − 4 = 432 − 13 = 19

2.
Mateo plays ring toss 6 times. He wins 8 tickets each time. Then he trades 20 tickets for a toy car. How many tickets does Mateo have left?

  tickets

3.
The lemonade stand fills 7 pitchers. Each pitcher fills 9 cups. By noon, the stand has served 38 cups. How many cups of lemonade are left in the pitchers?

  cups

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