πagarwalmath · 1st grade · Common Core 1.OA.A.2
🧺 Three-number stories
Story problems adding three numbers (sum ≤ 20)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Theo sees 11 birds in three days: 3 on Monday, 4 on Tuesday, and the rest on Wednesday. How many birds does Theo see on Wednesday?
Answer: ______________ birds
2Theo has 5 marbles, Jamal has 3, and Priya has 2. How many marbles do they have in all?
Answer: ______________ marbles
3A basket has 19 pieces of fruit: 4 apples, 5 pears, and some plums. How many plums are there?
Answer: ______________ pieces
4Leo sees 19 birds in three days: 2 on Monday, 5 on Tuesday, and the rest on Wednesday. How many birds does Leo see on Wednesday?
Answer: ______________ birds
5Jamal reads 8 pages in the morning, 7 at lunch, and 2 after school. How many pages does Jamal read in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A8 + 2 = ?
- B8 + 7 + 2 = ?
- C17 − 2 = ?
- D7 + 2 = ?
6Ana reads 18 pages in one day: 6 in the morning, 8 at lunch, and the rest after school. How many pages does Ana read after school?
Answer: ______________ pages
7In a game, Nora scores 3 points, then 3 points, then 5 points. How many points does Nora score in all?
Answer: ______________ points
8Ben, Jamal, and Lily have 16 marbles in all. Ben has 3 and Jamal has 2. How many marbles does Lily have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
9Kai sees 8 birds on Monday, 5 on Tuesday, and 2 on Wednesday. How many birds does Kai see in all?
Answer: ______________ birds
10Sam sees 17 birds in three days: 5 on Monday, 7 on Tuesday, and the rest on Wednesday. How many birds does Sam see on Wednesday?
Answer: ______________ birds
11Omar reads 3 pages in the morning, 6 at lunch, and 9 after school. How many pages does Omar read in all?
Answer: ______________ pages
12Jamal reads 5 pages in the morning, 5 at lunch, and 3 after school. How many pages does Jamal read in all?
Answer: ______________ pages
Answer key: Three-number stories
- 1. 4 birds
- 2. 10 marbles
- 3. 10 pieces
- 4. 12 birds
- 5. B (8 + 7 + 2 = ?)
- 6. 4 pages
- 7. 11 points
- 8. 11 marbles
- 9. 15 birds
- 10. 5 birds
- 11. 18 pages
- 12. 13 pages
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