This hard worksheet challenges third graders with bigger numbers and trickier setups. Multiple-choice items cover a movie theater of 6 rows of 12 seats with 29 empty, a school ordering 8 boxes of 15 notebooks before 68 are handed out, and a cafeteria packing 45 sandwiches plus 35 salads into boxes of 5. Fill-in problems work through a bookstore selling 53 books Saturday and 37 Sunday from 145, a coach buying 7 packs of 12 water bottles before 39 are drunk, and a baker frosting 32 of 5 trays of 14 cookies.
Students sharpen accuracy with two-digit calculations and learn to keep track of intermediate values.
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Multi-Step Word Problems
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A movie theater has 6 rows of 12 seats. If 29 seats are empty, how many people are watching the movie?
A) 43 people
B) 47 people
C) 39 people
D) 51 people
2. A school orders 8 boxes of 15 notebooks. Teachers hand out 68 notebooks. How many notebooks are left?
A) 42 notebooks
B) 52 notebooks
C) 48 notebooks
D) 58 notebooks
3. A cafeteria prepares 45 sandwiches and 35 salads. They pack meals into boxes of 5. How many boxes do they fill?
A) 14 boxes
B) 18 boxes
C) 16 boxes
D) 12 boxes
4. A toy factory makes 9 batches of 8 action figures and already had 48 in storage. How many action figures are there now?
A) 112 action figures
B) 120 action figures
C) 124 action figures
D) 116 action figures
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. A bookstore has 145 books. It sells 53 on Saturday and 37 on Sunday. There are 55 books left.
2. A coach buys 7 packs of 12 water bottles. The team drinks 39 bottles. There are 45 bottles remaining.
3. Two classes collect 64 cans and 56 cans for recycling. They share them equally among 8 bins. Each bin gets 15 cans.
4. A baker makes 5 trays of 14 cookies. She decorates 32 cookies with frosting. The rest are plain. There are 38 plain cookies.
5. A garden center has 96 plants. It sells 41 in the morning and gets a shipment of 25 more. It has 80 plants now.
Multi-Step Word Problems
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A movie theater has 6 rows of 12 seats. If 29 seats are empty, how many people are watching the movie?
A) 43 people
B) 47 people
C) 39 people
D) 51 people
2. A school orders 8 boxes of 15 notebooks. Teachers hand out 68 notebooks. How many notebooks are left?
A) 42 notebooks
B) 52 notebooks
C) 48 notebooks
D) 58 notebooks
3. A cafeteria prepares 45 sandwiches and 35 salads. They pack meals into boxes of 5. How many boxes do they fill?
A) 14 boxes
B) 18 boxes
C) 16 boxes
D) 12 boxes
4. A toy factory makes 9 batches of 8 action figures and already had 48 in storage. How many action figures are there now?
A) 112 action figures
B) 120 action figures
C) 124 action figures
D) 116 action figures
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) A bookstore has 145 books. It sells 53 on Saturday and 37 on Sunday. There are 55 books left.
2) A coach buys 7 packs of 12 water bottles. The team drinks 39 bottles. There are 45 bottles remaining.
3) Two classes collect 64 cans and 56 cans for recycling. They share them equally among 8 bins. Each bin gets 15 cans.
4) A baker makes 5 trays of 14 cookies. She decorates 32 cookies with frosting. The rest are plain. There are 38 plain cookies.
5) A garden center has 96 plants. It sells 41 in the morning and gets a shipment of 25 more. It has 80 plants now.
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