10s Word Problems
Read each story. Use the fact to help, then multiply by tens.
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How to do it
- Read the story.
- Write the fact you can use.
- Make it tens to answer the story.
Teaching tip
Ask "About how many?" before solving, then check the answer is close. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 3.NBT.A.3.
About this worksheet
Short stories about boxes, buses, pages and more, solved by multiplying by tens.
What kids practice
Third graders multiply a one-digit number by a multiple of 10, like 4 × 60. The key idea is that 60 is 6 tens, so 4 × 60 is 4 groups of 6 tens, which is 24 tens, or 240. Children use a fact they know (4 × 6 = 24) and then think in tens.
Watch for
- Forgetting to make the answer tens. Writing 4 × 60 = 24.
- Dropping a zero when the fact already ends in 0. 5 × 80 is 400, not 40.
- Multiplying the tens digit and the zero separately and getting mixed up. Think of 60 as 6 tens.
It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full multiplying by 10s guide for 3rd grade.
More sheets in this set
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1. Multiplying by 10s Chart4 × 6 = 24, so 4 × 60 = 24 tens = 240, shown with base-ten rods and more examples. 
2. Count the Tens RodsGroups of base-ten rods to count as tens and write as multiplication.
3. Fact Then 10sPairs like 3 × 7 = 21, so 3 × 70 = 210.
4. Multiply by 10s (Stacked)One-digit numbers times multiples of 10, written top to bottom on graph paper.