Best Math Friends
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CCSS: 3.OA.3; 3.OA.8
Instructions: Answer each historical figure’s word problem correctly.
Susan B. Anthony
ate four boxes of
raisins. If each box
of raisins had eight
raisins, how many
total raisins did she
eat?
Sacagawea collected
eight berry branches. If
each branch contained
nine berries. How
many berries did she
collect?
Elvis Presley had
nine pairs of blue
suede shoes. How
many total blue
suede shoes did he
have?
Robert E. Lee had
nine horses. Each
horse had four
different saddles. How
many saddles were
there in all?
Martin Luther King,
Jr. gave a speech
every day for seven
weeks. During this
time, how many
speeches did he
give?
Harriet Tubman made
nine trips on the
Underground Railroad
(during one season).
On each of these trips,
she led six people to
freedom. How many
total people did she
lead to freedom?