Fall Multiplication and Division | 3rd Grade Math Challenge

Description

Your early finishers need a challenge this fall that will keep them problem-solving, thinking and engaged in the school day and these multiplication and division challenge tasks fit the bill!

Third-grade students are learning the basics of multiplication and division word problems but the power is in the extension. These open-ended and multi-step word problems encourage early finishers to extend their understanding of multiplication and division word problems through experiences that ask them to build with math manipulatives, represent with math drawings and express their understanding with words and numbers.

Included:

⭐Instructions on how to use the challenge cards with 3rd-grade students

⭐ 10 Fall Donut Shop Word Problem Challenge Task Cards

⭐ 'Build It' 'Represent It' and 'Write It' prompts

⭐A recording form to be used with any of the math challenge tasks

Looking for additional 3rd grade resources?

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Rounding without Rhyming : Rounding Intervention

Exploring Line Plots

5 Day Focus: Fraction Comparision RtI Unit

Math Centers & Instructional Materials

Bug Division Math Centers

Fraction Math Centers

Fractions Interactive Notebook

Bundled Materials

Multiplication & Division Centers Bundle

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Fall Multiplication and Division | 3rd Grade Math Challenge

Name: Fall Multiplication and Division | 3rd Grade Math Challenge
Brand: The Math Spot
SKU: 4899571
Price: 3.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.92 (12 reviews)

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Highlights

Digital downloads

PDF

Grades

3rd - 4th

Subjects

Basic Operations, Math, Other (Math)

Standards

CCSS3.OA.A.1

CCSS3.OA.A.2

CCSS3.OA.A.3

Description

Your early finishers need a challenge this fall that will keep them problem-solving, thinking and engaged in the school day and these multiplication and division challenge tasks fit the bill!

Included:

⭐Instructions on how to use the challenge cards with 3rd-grade students

⭐ 10 Fall Donut Shop Word Problem Challenge Task Cards

⭐ 'Build It' 'Represent It' and 'Write It' prompts

⭐A recording form to be used with any of the math challenge tasks

Looking for additional 3rd grade resources?

Lessons & Units

Rounding without Rhyming : Rounding Intervention

Exploring Line Plots

5 Day Focus: Fraction Comparision RtI Unit

Math Centers & Instructional Materials

Bug Division Math Centers

Fraction Math Centers

Fractions Interactive Notebook

Bundled Materials

Multiplication & Division Centers Bundle

Report this resource to TPT

Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.92 out of 5, based on 12 reviews

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Great for my high-flyers!

Rated 5 out of 5

October 6, 2025

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

This donut shop activity has been a great challenge for my "high-flyers!"

nicole W.

247 reviews • Rhode Island

Grades taught: 3rd

Rated 4 out of 5

January 3, 2025

My students enjoyed applying their multiplication/division skills to these problems.

Sarah J.

401 reviews

Grades taught: 3rd

Rated 5 out of 5

February 8, 2024

My students loved this! I used it for my students who had mastered some of the skills as a challenge while I reviewed with small groups.

Kerry S.

148 reviews

Grades taught: 3rd

Rated 5 out of 5

November 17, 2023

I used this resource as a challenge activity. They loved it!

Tracy M.

455 reviews

Grades taught: 3rd

Rated 5 out of 5

October 17, 2022

My students love these challenges! They can't wait to complete them all.

Oohlala Learning

(TPT Seller)

68 reviews

Grades taught: 3rd

Rated 5 out of 5

October 14, 2022

This is a great resource to have for review or for math centers. I like to pull it out when I need an activity at the last moment.

Hannah C.

165 reviews

Grades taught: 3rd

Student populations: Mild to severe disabilities

Rated 5 out of 5

October 1, 2022

I love this resource. My students and I really do enjoy it. It makes my teaching and planning easier.

The After School Shop

(TPT Seller)

732 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Rated 5 out of 5

December 23, 2021

This was definitely engaging yet rigorous for my third graders. We celebrated by having donuts at the end!

Paiges of Learning

(TPT Seller)

924 reviews

Grades taught: 3rd

Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSS3.OA.A.1

Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.

CCSS3.OA.A.2

Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares, or as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a number of shares or a number of groups can be expressed as 56 ÷ 8.

CCSS3.OA.A.3

Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.