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6.09 Multi-step story problems

Interactive practice questions

A class is divided into groups to work on a project.

There are $3$3 groups in total. Each group has $2$2 students and each student is given $2$2 number cards.

a

How many number cards are there in each group?

b

How many cards are there in the class in total?

Medium
2min

There are $2$2 flower beds in Sarah's backyard.

Each flower bed has $3$3 strawberry plants.

Medium
2min

A group of $4$4 friends pool their money together and buy a big bag of marbles.

The bag has $20$20 marbles. Of these marbles, $16$16 of them are glass marbles and $4$4 are plastic marbles.

Medium
2min

A class is divided into groups to work on a project.

There are $2$2 groups in total and each group has $8$8 students.

Medium
2min
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Outcomes

3.OA.8

Solve two-step word problems.

3.OA.8.a

Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Know how to perform operations in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations). (Limit to problems posed with whole numbers and having whole number answers.)

3.OA.8.b

Represent two-step problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Create accurate equations to match word problems.

3.OA.8.c

Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies, including rounding.

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