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3rd grade math word problems

A free printable sheet of 8 Grade 3 word problems, with a hint for a grown-up under each one and an answer key worked out by Kizupi’s math engine. Press New sheet for another.

By The Kizupi team · Updated October 27, 2026

Grade 3 word problems

Name: ____________________

  1. Kizupi fences a corner of the meadow for the hedgehogs. The pen is a triangle. Two sides are 6 m and 12 m. The fence is 29 m long in all. How long is the third side?

    Hint for a grown-up: All three sides together make 29 m. Which side is missing?

  2. 5 owls share one long party sandwich. They cut it into equal parts, one for each owl. What fraction of the sandwich does each owl get?

    Hint for a grown-up: Does every owl get the same amount?

  3. Sofia has 55 toy cars. A gift box holds 7 cars. How many gift boxes can Sofia fill all the way?

    Hint for a grown-up: How many groups of 7 fit in 55?

  4. A rug is 7 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet does it cover?

    Hint for a grown-up: Area asks: how many unit squares cover it?

  5. Amara shares 16 frog stickers equally among 4 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?

    Hint for a grown-up: Do we know how many stickers in all? How many friends?

  6. A square with sides of 14 cm is cut into two rectangles with one straight cut from one side to the opposite side. What is the sum of the perimeters of the two rectangles?

    Hint for a grown-up: Which edges of the square are still counted? Is anything new?

  7. A digit fell off the robot’s screen: 1□ × 5 = 95. What is the missing digit?

    Hint for a grown-up: What is 10 × 5? How much more is 95?

  8. Kizupi’s line plot shows prize ribbons from 5 to 6 inches long, with one X for each ribbon. How many ribbons are longer than 5 1/2 inches?

    Hint for a grown-up: Is a ribbon of exactly 5 1/2 inches longer than 5 1/2 inches?

From kizupi.com/tools · Grade 3, sheet 2029

What 3rd grade math is about

The Common Core math standards say Grade 3 time should go to these areas [1]:

  • Multiplication and division within 100
  • Fractions, especially unit fractions like 1/4
  • Arrays and area
  • Describing and analyzing flat shapes

Word problems are where those skills meet a story. Being able to compute is not the same as knowing which computation a story needs, which is why each problem here comes with a question to ask, not the answer.

The 57 skills on these sheets

Each sheet draws 8 problems from 98 Grade 3 word problems in Kizupi’s published lessons, a different skill for each where it can. Only problems that work on paper are used: nothing that needs a picture to count or a clock to read.

Times tables · Regrouping · Area · Rounding · Two-step problems · Division stories · Fractions on a line · Perimeter · Bar models · Patterns · Long division · Star puzzles · Area of L-shapes · Multiplying by tens · Grouping and order in multiplying · Breaking apart to multiply · Two-digit times one-digit · Multiplying in your head · Multiplication and division families · Division with remainders · What to do with the remainder · Times as many · Unit fractions · Fractions of a shape · Fractions of a group · Comparing with the same bottom number · Comparing with the same top number · Equal fractions · Whole numbers as fractions · Adding fractions with the same bottom number · Fraction stories · Elapsed time · Grams and kilograms · Liters and milliliters · Measurement stories · Line plots with halves and fourths · Sum and difference · Age problems · Guess and check · Working backward · Logic deduction · Digit puzzles · Handshakes and games · Counting arrangements · Quadrilaterals · Perimeter with a missing side · Tiling with squares · Finding a side from the area · Same area, different perimeter · Same perimeter, different area · Counting squares in a grid · Patterns in the addition and times tables · Estimating sums and differences · Adding money amounts · Making change · Input-output rules · Growing shape patterns

Questions parents ask

What kind of word problems do 3rd graders do?

The Common Core centers Grade 3 on multiplication and division within 100; fractions, especially unit fractions like 1/4; arrays and area; describing and analyzing flat shapes. The sheets here mix 57 skills from that year.

Is the 3rd grade worksheet free?

Yes. No account and no email. Print as many sheets as you like.

Are the answers right?

Every answer is computed with exact arithmetic by the same engine that checks children’s answers in Kizupi, not typed in by hand.

My child finds 3rd grade word problems hard. What helps?

Read the problem aloud together and ask what the story is about before any numbers. Use the hint under each problem, then ask “how do you know?” If it is still hard, try a Grade 2 sheet first.

3rd grade word problems by topic

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Sources

  1. Common Core State Standards Initiative, Grade 3 introduction. Read October 27, 2026.

Want a tutor that asks “how do you know?” every day? Kizupi’s pixel owl reads each problem aloud, hints one small step at a time and never hands over the answer. Grades 1–6.

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