About this worksheet
Six word problems, each with a line for the equation and a separate line for the answer. The situations are ordinary ones a child can picture: apple slices packed into lunch boxes, rows of chairs in a gym, muffins on baking trays, fish in tanks, legs on spiders and books on shelves. The arithmetic stays inside the single-digit tables, from 3 x 10 up to 7 x 8.
Asking for the equation before the answer is the whole design of this page. It separates the two things that can go wrong, since a child who writes 6 x 4 and then answers 20 has a facts problem, while one who answers correctly but writes 6 + 4 has a comprehension problem. Seeing which line is wrong tells you which one to work on.
What students will practice
- Pull the two factors out of a written problem
- Write the multiplication equation before solving
- Answer in the context the question asked about
Details
- Grade level
- Grade 3
- Subject
- Math · Multiplication
- Pages
- 1
- Format
- PDF · US Letter and A4 included
- License
- Free for classroom use · Attribution appreciated
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
