3rd grade multiplication and division word problems

A free printable sheet of 8 Grade 3 multiplication and division 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 November 4, 2026

Grade 3 multiplication and division word problems

Name: ____________________

Sofia has 42 robot stickers and puts them in rows of 9, filling as many rows as possible. How many stickers are left over?
Hint for a grown-up: How many full rows of 9 can Sofia make?
Each robot has 25 buttons. The factory builds 4 robots. How many buttons is that?
Hint for a grown-up: How many tens and ones are in 25?
Kizupi spots a pattern in the times table: the 8s row is double the 4s row. In column 8, the 4s row shows 32. What does the 8s row show in column 8?
Hint for a grown-up: If the 8s row is double the 4s row, what do we do to 32?
The factory has 53 robots to pack. Each box holds 6 robots. How many boxes are needed to pack every robot?
Hint for a grown-up: How many full boxes can we make? Are any robots left over?
Robot blocks fill a box. The box is 5 blocks long, 4 blocks wide and 2 blocks tall. How many blocks are in the box?
Hint for a grown-up: Which two of the numbers make an easy product?
Omar shares 12 penguin stickers equally among 2 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Hint for a grown-up: Do we know how many stickers in all? How many friends?
A small robot is 30 cm tall. A giant robot is 3 times as tall. How tall is the giant robot?
Hint for a grown-up: How many small robots stacked up make the giant robot?
A robot battery costs 25 cents. Amara buys 10 batteries. How many cents does Amara pay?
Hint for a grown-up: How many 25s make 100?

From kizupi.com/tools · Grade 3, sheet 2057

What these multiplication and division problems cover

Each sheet draws 8 problems from 15 Grade 3 multiplication and division word problems in Kizupi’s published lessons, a different skill for each where it can. Only problems that work on paper are used.

Times tables · Division stories · Long division · 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 · Patterns in the addition and times tables

Where this fits in 3rd grade

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

For a sheet that mixes every Grade 3 skill, use the 3rd grade math word problems page.

Questions parents ask

What multiplication and division word problems do 3rd graders do?

The sheets here draw from 13 Grade 3 skills: Times tables, Division stories, Long division, 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, Patterns in the addition and times tables.

Is the worksheet free?

Yes. No account and no email. Press New sheet for another set of the same topic, and print as many 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.

What if multiplication and division word problems are too hard?

Read the problem aloud together and ask what the story is about before any numbers. Use the hint under each problem. If it is still hard, try the mixed Grade 2 sheet first.

Sources

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

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