3rd Grade Word Problems - Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, and Elapsed Time

Engage your students with these fun word problems that involve reading the classified ads in The Daily Scoop.

Strength your students’ problem-solving skills by having them find missing information to solve each word problem.

Students will practice solving one-step, two-step, and multi-step word problems using the following skills -

• Add and subtract within 1000
• Multiply and divide within 100
• Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10
• Add and subtract intervals of time (elapsed time).
• *See below for a list of skills included on each worksheet.

Each word problem is missing information. To solve the word problems, students read The Daily Scoop classified ad pages to find the missing number facts.

These worksheets are perfect for partner work but can also be used for independent practice.

Included:

• 2 pages - The Daily Scoop Classified Ads (color and black/white)
• 10 word problem worksheets (black/white)
• Answer keys
• Math project idea (optional)

WORKSHEETS

Students will need to use the two classified ad pages for all 10 worksheets, A thru J.

ONE-STEP WORD PROBLEMS

• Worksheet A: Add and subtract within 1000
• Worksheet B: Multiply and divide within 100
• Worksheet C: Add and subtract within 1000; multiply and divide within 100; multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10
• Worksheet I: Add and subtract intervals of time (elapsed time)
• Worksheet J: Add and subtract intervals of time (elapsed time)

ONE-STEP & TWO-STEP WORD PROBLEMS

• Worksheet D: Add and subtract within 1000; multiply and divide within 100
• Worksheet E: Add and subtract within 1000; multiply and divide within 100; multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10
• Worksheet F: Add and subtract within 1000; multiply and divide within 100; multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10

TWO-STEP WORD PROBLEMS

• Worksheet G: Add and subtract within 1000; multiply and divide within 100

MULTI-STEP WORD PROBLEMS

• Worksheet H: Add and subtract within 1000; multiply and divide within 100; multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10

I hope your students enjoy solving word problems while reading The Daily Scoop classified ads.