Grade 3 Fractions Word Problems
Grade 3 fractions word problems sheet: 10 problems on .
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Read each problem carefully. Show your work, then write your answer on the line.
- 1.Priya shares a cake cut into 4 equal pieces and eats 3. What fraction is left?
- 2.Grace collected 54 balloons on Saturday and 155 balloons on Sunday. How many balloons did Grace collect in all?
- 3.A chocolate bar is cut into 8 equal pieces. Leo eats 2. What fraction of the chocolate bar did Leo eat?
- 4.A library had 47 books on a cart and shelved 41 of them. How many books are still on the cart?
- 5.Sam shares a pie cut into 8 equal pieces and eats 3. What fraction is left?
- 6.There are 54 seeds in one carton and 52 seeds in another carton. How many seeds are there altogether?
- 7.Leo shares a pizza cut into 4 equal pieces and eats 2. What fraction is left?
- 8.Victor walked 198 meters and stopped after 123 meters to rest. How much farther does Victor have to walk?
- 9.Ava shares a chocolate bar cut into 2 equal pieces and eats 1. What fraction is left?
- 10.Kira shares a pie cut into 6 equal pieces and eats 3. What fraction is left?
What this worksheet covers
Set A of this grade 3 word problems sheet holds ten story problems on one printable page, with the answer key on the page behind it. Every problem is set in a short situation, so the first decision is which operation it calls for and several problems use mixed numbers, which have to be handled without dropping the whole-number part. Two problems from the middle of the page — "A library had 47 books on a cart and shelved 41 of them.…" and "Leo shares a pizza cut into 4 equal pieces and eats 2. What…" — show the range.
Skills practised
At grade 3, fractions is about naming fractions of a whole, equivalent fractions, and comparing like denominators, and this sheet takes one slice of that. Working the page asks a student to read a situation and choose an operation before computing. Eight different answers appear across the ten problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
About the word problems format
Story problems are set one to a line with room to work underneath, problem 4, "A library had 47 books on a cart and shelved 41 of them.…" among them, and the key gives each of the 10 answers with its unit. Fractions of recipes, distances and shares are where the abstract unit becomes a real quantity.
Set A, Set B and Set C
The three sets come from the same generator with three different seeds: same skill, same layout, fresh numbers, and an answer key computed with the problems. Where Set A's problem 6 is "There are 54 seeds in one carton and 52 seeds in another…", Set B's is "A bus starts with 132 riders and picks up 104 more at the…".
How to use this worksheet
Work the ten problems straight through, then check against the key together rather than handing it back marked; asking a grade 3 student to find their own fractions error teaches more than seeing it circled. Use the key as a check, not as a grade; none of the ten problems needs a score attached to be useful.
One mistake to watch for
Equivalent fractions are made by adding the same number to top and bottom: 2/3 becomes 3/4. Watch problem 7 of this word problems — "Leo shares a pizza cut into 4 equal pieces and eats 2. What…" — for this one.
Multiplying and adding are being confused in the renaming step.
Draw the fraction, cut every piece in half, and count; the pieces double, they do not gain one.
Other grade 3 fractions formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 3 Fractions Drill, 30 problems
- Timed Drill — Grade 3 Fractions Timed Drill, 72 problems
- Missing Number — Equivalent Fractions & Comparisons — Grade 3 Practice, 22 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 3 Fractions Mixed Review, 30 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- Grade 2 Halves, Thirds, and Fourths — grade 2, 14 problems
- Grade 4 Fractions Word Problems — grade 4, 10 problems
Word Problems sheets in other grade 3 topics
Free to download, print and photocopy for a whole class: three word problems sheets of grade 3 fractions, ten problems each, keys included.