TWO-STEP WORD PROBLEMS UNIT: 10 Skills-Boosting, Practice Worksheets (3rd Grade)

Students will solve two-step & multi-step word problems! Use these scaffolded math drills to teach and reinforce the fundamentals, or prep for test day. All four operations are covered, plus equations!  Each printable begins with a mini-lesson followed by several Common Core designed, simulated test questions (including two-part and open response).  These practice worksheets also contain tips and scaffolding to guide students, allowing you more time to work with students who need the help.

Save 14% with the Operations & Algebraic Thinking Bundle, or 20% with the complete 3rd Grade Math Bundle!

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

• 10 math drills, with 54 test-caliber two-step word problems
• Mini-lessons at the top of each drill, with tips & scaffolding
• Unassisted version without tips & scaffolding
• Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) version to assign via Google Classroom or any LMS

COVERS 2-STEP COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR THIRD GRADE

Lessons include learning when to:

1. Add + Subtract
2. Multiply + Subtract
3. Multiply + Add
4. Divide + Add/Subtract/Multiply/Divide
5. Also includes representing 2-step problems using equations with letters that stand for an unknown quantity

BASED ON STANDARDIZED TESTS, INCLUDING:

• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
• State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS 
• Florida FSA (same test vendor creates FAST progress monitoring assessments)
• New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
• Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
• Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
• Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) 
• Ohio’s State Tests 
• North Carolina Ready End-of-Grade Assessment (NC Ready EOG)
• Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
• New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)
• Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)

USEFUL IN MANY WAYS

All drills take 10 - 15 minutes to complete, and terrific for two-step word problem:

• Mini-lessons 
• Guided or independent practice
• Test prep* (with effective test-taking strategies)
• Intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction 
• Small group work 
• Independent work 
• Progress monitoring/checks 
• Homework
• Morning work / bell ringers / do now / warm-ups
• Review/reteach, including remedial lessons for 4th & 5th grade students
• Tutoring (targeted, high-dosage skills work)
• Practice worksheets
• Exit slips or tickets to assess mastery
• Math centers
• Early finishers work    
• After-school programs / extended school days 
• Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
• Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets 
• Summer school programs / summer bridge activities 
• Substitute teacher lesson plans & activities 
• Homeschool lessons 
• Absent student make up work
• *including math summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Virginia VA SOL, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Maryland MCAP, Colorado CMAS, PARCC and more

BOOST YOUR MATH TOOLKIT!

view the entire Grade 3 Math lineup below

• Multiplication & Division
• Two-Step Word Problems (you are here)
• Arithmetic (Number) Patterns
• or bundle & save $$: Operations & Algebraic Thinking | 3rd Grade Math!

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ALIGNED WITH 3RD GRADE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

3.OA.D.8:  Solve two-step word problems using the four operations.  Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity.

COMMON CORE MATH DRILLS FOR GRADE 3

Each math unit can be purchased individually, or within a savings bundle.

✏ denotes the level of savings. 

3RD GRADE MATH! ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Operations & Algebraic Thinking ✏ ✏ ✏

• Multiplication & Division
• Two-Step Word Problems
• Arithmetic (Number) Patterns

♥ Number & Operations in Base Ten ✏ ✏

• Place Value
• Rounding
• Addition & Subtraction

♥ Number & Operations - Fractions ✏ ✏

• Fractions Inside Out!
• Fractions on a Number Line

♥ Measurement, Data & Geometry ✏ ✏ ✏

• Telling & Writing Time
• Measuring Volume, Mass, & Length
• Bar Graphs, Pictographs, Line Plots & Tally Charts
• Finding Area
• Finding Perimeter
• Geometry