Math Drills
3-Number Calculations Review
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What this worksheet covers
Working three numbers from left to right is consolidated through column form, plain calculation, fill-in-the-blank items and word problems. All-addition and all-subtraction come first, then the mixed forms of add then subtract and subtract then add, before Addition Strategies, Subtraction Strategies and Addition and Subtraction Strategies pull the ideas together.
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For 20 - 8 + 2, adding the last two numbers first to get 20 - 10 and answering 10 stands out. A regrouping trick learned in the strategy work has been carried into an expression that mixes subtraction and addition. Where two amounts are taken away one after the other, children also answer using only one of them.
The count of numbers grows from two to three, and this unit adds strategies for combining them efficiently along with that growth. Working through an expression step by step was already learned by Mixed Addition and Subtraction. That awareness turns into a formal rule in Rules of Calculation in grade 4, once all four operations mix together.
- Addition · Word Problems1 question
- Subtraction · Subtracting in Order (Word Problems)1 question
- Addition and Subtraction (Subtract → Add) · Word Problems1 question
- Order and Strategy · Word Problems3 questions
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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “3-Number Calculations”, shown with their answers.
(1)In Riley's fridge there were 16 eggs. A friend gave 1 more, and big sister gave 9 more too. How many are there altogether? Answer □
Answer: 26eggs
(2)At the festival Grace has 10 candies. Everyone ate 9. Then she got 3 more at the store. How many are there now? Answer □
Answer: 4candies
(3)There are 28 apples. Mom gave 3 more, and Dad gave 4 more too. How many are there in all? Answer □
Answer: 35apples
(4)At home, Olivia made 23 cookies. She ate 6. Then a friend gave her 7 more. How many are there now? Answer □
Answer: 24cookies
(5)There are 14 candies. Yesterday you ate 2, and today you ate 9 more. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 3candies
(6)At craft club, Hannah prepared 13 star decorations. She used 5. Then a friend gave her 7 more. How many are there now? Answer □
Answer: 15star decorations
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