πagarwalmath · 1st grade · Common Core 1.OA.A.2
🧺 Three-number stories
Story problems adding three numbers (sum ≤ 20)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1In a game, Mei scores 3 points, then 2 points, then 7 points. How many points does Mei score in all?
Answer: ______________ points
2In a game, Rosa scores 14 points in three turns: 2, then 4, then some more. How many points does Rosa score on the last turn?
Answer: ______________ points
3Zoe reads 4 pages in the morning, 6 at lunch, and 6 after school. How many pages does Zoe read in all?
Answer: ______________ pages
4In a game, Priya scores 5 points, then 2 points, then 11 points. How many points does Priya score in all?
Answer: ______________ points
5Leo, Ana, and Ben have 14 marbles in all. Leo has 3 and Ana has 6. How many marbles does Ben have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
6A basket has 6 apples, 6 pears, and 4 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
7Maya has 2 marbles, Nora has 2, and Aiden has 12. How many marbles do they have in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A2 + 12 = ?
- B2 + 2 + 12 = ?
- C16 − 12 = ?
- D2 + 2 = ?
8Priya reads 15 pages in one day: 5 in the morning, 5 at lunch, and the rest after school. How many pages does Priya read after school?
Answer: ______________ pages
9Kai, Zoe, and Ben have 18 marbles in all. Kai has 6 and Zoe has 8. How many marbles does Ben have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
10In a game, Aiden scores 3 points, then 3 points, then 9 points. How many points does Aiden score in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A3 + 9 = ?
- B15 − 9 = ?
- C3 + 3 = ?
- D3 + 3 + 9 = ?
11A basket has 6 apples, 5 pears, and 3 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
12Lily reads 4 pages in the morning, 2 at lunch, and 6 after school. How many pages does Lily read in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A4 + 2 + 6 = ?
- B4 + 2 = ?
- C2 + 6 = ?
- D4 + 6 = ?
Answer key: Three-number stories
- 1. 12 points
- 2. 8 points
- 3. 16 pages
- 4. 18 points
- 5. 5 marbles
- 6. 16 pieces
- 7. B (2 + 2 + 12 = ?)
- 8. 5 pages
- 9. 4 marbles
- 10. D (3 + 3 + 9 = ?)
- 11. 14 pieces
- 12. A (4 + 2 + 6 = ?)
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