This medium worksheet stretches third graders with longer chains of reasoning. Students figure out a theater of 8 rows of 9 seats after 25 people leave, share 36 plus 24 strawberries equally among 4 baskets, and track a bus losing 18 and gaining 11 students. Other problems pack 55 plus 35 cans into boxes of 9, count 7 tents of 6 campers after 15 head home, and follow Emma giving away 18 of her 4 packs of 12 colored pencils. A matching task pairs expressions like "9 x 5 stars, then add 15" to the right totals.
Students learn to plan both steps before computing, not after.
Style:
Multi-Step Word Problems
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A theater has 8 rows of 9 seats. After 25 people leave, 47 people are still seated.
2. Kim picks 36 strawberries and her brother picks 24. They share them equally among 4 baskets. Each basket has 15 strawberries.
3. A bus carries 42 students. At the first stop 18 get off and 11 get on. There are 35 students on the bus.
4. A camp has 7 tents with 6 campers each. After 15 campers go home, 27 campers remain.
5. Emma buys 4 packs of 12 colored pencils. She gives 18 pencils to her sister. She has 30 pencils left.
6. A school collects 55 cans on Monday and 35 on Tuesday. They pack 9 cans per box and fill 10 boxes.
7. A parking lot has 75 cars. During lunch 30 cars leave and 18 arrive. There are 63 cars now.
8. A farmer plants 6 rows of 8 corn seeds and 14 sunflower seeds. He plants 62 seeds in all.
9. A store has 90 shirts. It sells 32 in the morning and 28 in the afternoon. There are 30 shirts left.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
4 × 8 pencils, give away 14
→ 18
60
50 + 30, split into 10 groups
→ 8
8
9 × 5 stars, then add 15
→ 60
25
72 - 28, then subtract 19
→ 25
18
Multi-Step Word Problems
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A theater has 8 rows of 9 seats. After 25 people leave, 47 people are still seated.
2) Kim picks 36 strawberries and her brother picks 24. They share them equally among 4 baskets. Each basket has 15 strawberries.
3) A bus carries 42 students. At the first stop 18 get off and 11 get on. There are 35 students on the bus.
4) A camp has 7 tents with 6 campers each. After 15 campers go home, 27 campers remain.
5) Emma buys 4 packs of 12 colored pencils. She gives 18 pencils to her sister. She has 30 pencils left.
6) A school collects 55 cans on Monday and 35 on Tuesday. They pack 9 cans per box and fill 10 boxes.
7) A parking lot has 75 cars. During lunch 30 cars leave and 18 arrive. There are 63 cars now.
8) A farmer plants 6 rows of 8 corn seeds and 14 sunflower seeds. He plants 62 seeds in all.
9) A store has 90 shirts. It sells 32 in the morning and 28 in the afternoon. There are 30 shirts left.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
4 × 8 pencils, give away 14
→ 18
60
50 + 30, split into 10 groups
→ 8
8
9 × 5 stars, then add 15
→ 60
25
72 - 28, then subtract 19
→ 25
18
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