Length Word Problems Worksheets for 3rd Grade
Story problems about lengths in inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters. 15 free printable worksheets, each with an answer key.
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Length Word Problems: what children learn
Students add, subtract, multiply, and divide lengths in everyday stories, such as cutting a ribbon or laying boards end to end. The unit stays the same all the way through the problem.
Length Word Problems: worked example
The red ribbon is 24 inches long. The blue ribbon is 18 inches long. How many inches long are they together? 42
Join the two lengths. 24 + 18 = 42, so they are 42 inches long together.
Length Word Problems: a common mistake to watch for
Kids sometimes change the unit in the middle of a problem, or forget that the answer needs the same unit as the story.
Length Word Problems: how to help at home or in class
Measure real objects at home with a ruler or tape measure: a shelf, a book, a doorway. Make up stories from the measurements, such as laying two books end to end or cutting a strip off a piece of string. Your child writes the sentence and the answer with its unit. When they keep the unit with every number without reminders, they can try stories about time.
What is on these Length Word Problems worksheets
This set has 15 different worksheets for 3rd grade, with 5 questions on each and a matching answer key for every sheet. The instruction printed on each worksheet is: “Read each story. Write the answer.”
Example questions like the ones on these worksheets, with their answers:
- Diego lays 7 boards end to end. Each board is 8 feet long. How many feet long is the row?56
- The bush is 40 inches tall. The sunflower is 25 inches tall. How many inches taller is the bush?15
- The red ribbon is 83 centimeters long. The blue ribbon is 69 centimeters long. How many centimeters shorter is the blue ribbon?14
- Elena has 41 centimeters of tape. Elena uses 15 centimeters for a gift and 7 centimeters for a card. How many centimeters of tape are left?19
- A rope is 5 yards long. Elena cuts it into 2 pieces. One piece is 2 yards long. How many yards long is the other piece?3
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