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, 5 pears, and 7 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket? Which equation shows the story?
- A5 + 7 = ?
- B4 + 5 + 7 = ?
- C4 + 7 = ?
- D4 + 5 = ?
2Zoe has 2 marbles, Lily has 5, and Leo has 8. How many marbles do they have in all?
Answer: ______________ marbles
3In a game, Kai scores 19 points in three turns: 5, then 2, then some more. How many points does Kai score on the last turn?
Answer: ______________ points
4A basket has 8 apples, 2 pears, and 2 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
5A basket has 2 apples, 6 pears, and 6 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
6A basket has 4 apples, 3 pears, and 2 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
7Nora has 4 marbles, Omar has 5, and Leo has 4. How many marbles do they have in all?
Answer: ______________ marbles
8Mei has 2 marbles, Ben has 5, and Omar has 8. How many marbles do they have in all?
Answer: ______________ marbles
9A basket has 19 pieces of fruit: 5 apples, 3 pears, and some plums. How many plums are there?
Answer: ______________ pieces
10Ben reads 12 pages in one day: 3 in the morning, 4 at lunch, and the rest after school. How many pages does Ben read after school?
Answer: ______________ pages
11Priya sees 7 birds on Monday, 8 on Tuesday, and 3 on Wednesday. How many birds does Priya see in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A7 + 3 = ?
- B7 + 8 + 3 = ?
- C8 + 3 = ?
- D7 + 8 = ?
12Mei has 4 marbles, Ana has 5, and Zoe has 10. How many marbles do they have in all?
Answer: ______________ marbles
Answer key: Three-number stories
- 1. B (4 + 5 + 7 = ?)
- 2. 15 marbles
- 3. 12 points
- 4. 12 pieces
- 5. 14 pieces
- 6. 9 pieces
- 7. 13 marbles
- 8. 15 marbles
- 9. 11 pieces
- 10. 5 pages
- 11. B (7 + 8 + 3 = ?)
- 12. 19 marbles
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