πagarwalmath · 1st grade · Common Core 1.OA.A.2
🧺 Three-number stories
Story problems adding three numbers (sum ≤ 20)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden sees 16 birds in three days: 8 on Monday, 6 on Tuesday, and the rest on Wednesday. How many birds does Aiden see on Wednesday?
Answer: ______________ birds
2Zoe, Leo, and Omar have 12 marbles in all. Zoe has 7 and Leo has 2. How many marbles does Omar have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
3A basket has 6 apples, 5 pears, and 8 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
4Aiden reads 11 pages in one day: 4 in the morning, 2 at lunch, and the rest after school. How many pages does Aiden read after school?
Answer: ______________ pages
5A basket has 5 apples, 3 pears, and 8 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
6Mei has 7 marbles, Jamal has 6, and Theo has 3. How many marbles do they have in all?
Answer: ______________ marbles
7Theo reads 2 pages in the morning, 9 at lunch, and 8 after school. How many pages does Theo read in all?
Answer: ______________ pages
8Aiden, Jamal, and Priya have 16 marbles in all. Aiden has 5 and Jamal has 6. How many marbles does Priya have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
9Ben sees 17 birds in three days: 6 on Monday, 6 on Tuesday, and the rest on Wednesday. How many birds does Ben see on Wednesday?
Answer: ______________ birds
10Lily reads 5 pages in the morning, 5 at lunch, and 6 after school. How many pages does Lily read in all?
Answer: ______________ pages
11A basket has 9 pieces of fruit: 3 apples, 2 pears, and some plums. How many plums are there?
Answer: ______________ pieces
12Aiden has 2 marbles, Ana has 8, and Priya has 8. How many marbles do they have in all?
Answer: ______________ marbles
Answer key: Three-number stories
- 1. 2 birds
- 2. 3 marbles
- 3. 19 pieces
- 4. 5 pages
- 5. 16 pieces
- 6. 16 marbles
- 7. 19 pages
- 8. 5 marbles
- 9. 5 birds
- 10. 16 pages
- 11. 4 pieces
- 12. 18 marbles
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