πagarwalmath · 1st grade · Common Core 1.OA.A.2
🧺 Three-number stories
Story problems adding three numbers (sum ≤ 20)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A basket has 4 apples, 6 pears, and 6 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
2A basket has 14 pieces of fruit: 7 apples, 4 pears, and some plums. How many plums are there?
Answer: ______________ pieces
3A basket has 17 pieces of fruit: 3 apples, 4 pears, and some plums. How many plums are there?
Answer: ______________ pieces
4Maya has 4 marbles, Ana has 5, and Rosa has 11. How many marbles do they have in all?
Answer: ______________ marbles
5Mei reads 18 pages in one day: 5 in the morning, 8 at lunch, and the rest after school. How many pages does Mei read after school?
Answer: ______________ pages
6Priya has 2 marbles, Aiden has 6, and Jamal has 8. How many marbles do they have in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A16 − 8 = ?
- B2 + 6 = ?
- C6 + 8 = ?
- D2 + 6 + 8 = ?
7Leo reads 20 pages in one day: 4 in the morning, 10 at lunch, and the rest after school. How many pages does Leo read after school?
Answer: ______________ pages
8A basket has 5 apples, 3 pears, and 11 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
9A basket has 4 apples, 8 pears, and 6 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket? Which equation shows the story?
- A4 + 8 = ?
- B8 + 6 = ?
- C4 + 6 = ?
- D4 + 8 + 6 = ?
10Mei sees 6 birds on Monday, 3 on Tuesday, and 9 on Wednesday. How many birds does Mei see in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A18 − 9 = ?
- B3 + 9 = ?
- C6 + 3 + 9 = ?
- D6 + 3 = ?
11In a game, Nora scores 5 points, then 2 points, then 4 points. How many points does Nora score in all?
Answer: ______________ points
12Zoe, Jamal, and Lily have 16 marbles in all. Zoe has 2 and Jamal has 6. How many marbles does Lily have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
Answer key: Three-number stories
- 1. 16 pieces
- 2. 3 pieces
- 3. 10 pieces
- 4. 20 marbles
- 5. 5 pages
- 6. D (2 + 6 + 8 = ?)
- 7. 6 pages
- 8. 19 pieces
- 9. D (4 + 8 + 6 = ?)
- 10. C (6 + 3 + 9 = ?)
- 11. 11 points
- 12. 8 marbles
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