Multiplication Stories
Read each story. Use the picture to write a multiplication and solve it.
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This is sheet #68824601.
How to do it
- Read the story.
- Find the number of groups and the number in each group.
- Write the multiplication and solve it.
Teaching tip
Ask "How many groups? How many in each?" before your child writes anything. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 3.OA.A.1.
About this worksheet
Short word problems with pictures of equal groups and arrays.
What kids practice
Multiplication is a short way to add equal groups. 3 × 4 means 3 groups of 4, which is 4 + 4 + 4 = 12. Third graders learn to see a multiplication fact as equal groups, as an array of rows and columns, as repeated addition and as equal jumps on a number line. Seeing the same fact in different ways makes the facts make sense before they are memorized.
Watch for
- Mixing up the number of groups and the number in each group. Both orders give the same product, but the picture is different.
- Adding the two numbers instead of multiplying, like 3 × 4 = 7.
- Drawing groups that are not equal.
It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full multiplication concepts guide for 3rd grade.
More sheets in this set
- See it all
1. Multiplication ChartOne fact, 3 × 4, shown as equal groups, an array, repeated addition and jumps on a number line. 
2. Groups OfPictures of equal groups to write as "groups of" and as multiplication.
3. Arrays to MultiplyPicture arrays to count by rows and write as multiplication.
4. Repeated AdditionChange repeated addition to multiplication, and multiplication to repeated addition.
5. Jumps on a Number LineEqual jumps on a number line to read or draw, written as multiplication.
6. Draw ItDraw equal groups or an array from words, then write the multiplication.