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Kindergarten Word Problem Tasks by Standard 

Standard

Task

K.CC.A.1 

https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/how-many-ducklings-are-there/ 

K.CC.A.2

https://gfletchy.com/dotty/?download=dotty


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/K/CC/A/2/tasks/927 

K.CC.A.3

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/writing-digits 

K.CC.B.4

https://gfletchy.com/peas-in-a-pod/?download=peas-in-a-pod 

K.CC.B.5

https://gfletchy.com/the-candyman/

https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/how-many-soda-combinations-are-there-on-a-coke-freestyle/ 

K.CC.C.6

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/K/CC/C/6/tasks/1210 

K.CC.C.7

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/seesaw-shenanigans 

K.OA.A.1

https://gfletchy.com/humpty-dumpty/ 

K.OA.A.2

https://gfletchy.com/popping-balloons/

https://gfletchy.com/equally-balancing-numbers/ 

K.OA.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/K/OA/A/3/tasks/175 

K.OA.A.4

https://gfletchy.com/dried-up-building-fact-fluency-series/

https://gfletchy.com/pepper-plate-building-fact-fluency-series/ 

K.OA.A.5

https://gfletchy.com/combining-crayons-building-fact-fluency-series/


https://gfletchy.com/losing-my-marbles-building-fact-fluency-series/


https://gfletchy.com/tipped-off-building-fact-fluency-series/ 

K.NBT.A.1

https://gfletchy.com/packed-up-building-fact-fluency-series/ 

K.MD.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/K/MD/A/1/tasks/798 

K.MD.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/K/MD/A/1/tasks/798


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/K/MD/A/2/tasks/1604


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/K/MD/A/2/tasks/456 

K.MD.B.3

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/sort-street 


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/K/MD/B/3/tasks/799 

K.G.A.1

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/chain-changes 


https://www.openmiddle.com/describing-shapes/ 

K.G.A.2

https://www.openmiddle.com/identifying-shapes/


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/K/G/A/tasks/706 

K.G.A.3

https://www.openmiddle.com/describing-shapes/ 

K.G.B.4

https://www.openmiddle.com/analyzing-shapes/ 

K.G.B.5

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/skeleton-shapes 

K.G.B.6

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/building-solid-shapes 

 

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1st Grade Word Problem Tasks by Standard 

Standard

Task

1.OA.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/1/OA/A/1/tasks/194 

1.OA.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/1/OA/A/2/tasks/468 

1.OA.B.3

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/heads-and-feet 

1.OA.B.4

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/secret-number 

1.OA.C.5

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/consecutive-numbers

https://tools.achievethecore.org/coherence-map/1/5/39/39 

1.OA.C.6

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/grouping-goodies 

1.OA.D.7

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/1/OA/D/7/tasks/466

1.OA.D.8

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/1/OA/D/8/tasks/4 

1.NBT.A.1

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/writing-digits 

1.NBT.B.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/1/NBT/B/2/tasks/987 

1.NBT.B.3

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/sitting-round-party-tables 

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/1/NBT/A/1/tasks/682 

1.NBT.C.4

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/ladybird-count 

1.NBT.C.5

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/1/NBT/C/5/tasks/2106 

1.NBT.C.6

https://gfletchy.com/Snack-machine/ 

1.MD.A.1

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/sizing-them 

1.MD.A.2

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/making-sticks 

1.MD.B.3

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/stop-clock 

1.MD.C.4

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/sort-street

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/our-sports 

1.GA.A.1

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/complete-square 

1.GA.A.2

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/cover-camel 

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/puzzling-cube 

1.GA.A.3

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/paper-patchwork-1 

 

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2nd Grade Word Problem Tasks by Standard 

Standard

Task

2.OA.A.1

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/tall-tower?tab=overview 

2.OA.B.2

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/butterfly-flowers 

2.OA.C.3

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/number-differences

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/street-sequences 

2.OA.C.4

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/growing-garlic 

2.NBT.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/NBT/A/1/tasks/192 

2.NBT.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/OA/A/1/tasks/1309 

2.NBT.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/NBT/A/1/tasks/1236 

2.NBT.A.4

https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/write-a-check/ 

2.NBT.B.5

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/ladybirds-garden 

2.NBT.B.6

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/NBT/B/6/tasks/755 

2.NBT.B.7

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/NBT/B/7/tasks/1063 

2.NBT.B.8

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/five-steps-50 

2.NBT.B.9

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/NBT/B/9/tasks/1851 

2.MD.A.1

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/how-tall 

2.MD.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/NBT/A/2/tasks/1309 

2.MD.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/NBT/A/3/tasks/1236 

2.MD.A.4

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/making-longer-making-shorter 

2.MD.B.5

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/MD/B/5/tasks/2070 

2.MD.B.6

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/MD/B/6/tasks/1081 

2.MD.C.7

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/clocks 

2.MD.C.8

https://gfletchy.com/Snack-machine/ 

2.MD.D.9

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/MD/D/9/tasks/493 

2.MD.D.10

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/ladybird-count

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/real-statistics 

2.G.A.1

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/board-block-challenge 

2.G.A.2

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/skeleton-shapes 

2.GA.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/2/G/A/3/tasks/826

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/cubes-cut-four-pieces 

 

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3rd Grade Word Problem Tasks by Standard 



Standard

Task

3.OA.A.1

https://www.openmiddle.com/baking-cookies/ 

3.OA.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/A/2/tasks/1531 

3.OA.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/A/3/tasks/344


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/A/3/tasks/365


https://gfletchy.com/fruit-nut/ 

3.OA.A.4

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/A/4/tasks/1814 

3.OA.B.5

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/B/5/tasks/1821 

3.OA.B.6

https://mathpickle.com/project/pollinator-puzzles/



3.OA.C.7

https://mathpickle.com/project/rotten-apples/


https://gfletchy.com/knotty-rope/ 

3.OA.D.8

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/D/8/tasks/1301


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/D/8/tasks/13

3.OA.D.9

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/D/9/tasks/953


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/D/9/tasks/956


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/D/9/tasks/955 

3.NBT.A.1

https://tools.achievethecore.org/coherence-map/3/12/107/71


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NBT/A/1/tasks/745


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NBT/A/1/tasks/1805


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NBT/A/1/tasks/1806

3.NBT.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NBT/A/2/tasks/1315


https://www.google.com/url?q=https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/skeeball/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1743437915402805&usg=AOvVaw0iyxPcKntVsf_tWPFbV4d3 

3.NBT.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NBT/A/3/tasks/1445


https://gfletchy.com/all-aboard/ 

3.NF.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NF/A/1/tasks/833 

3.NF.A.2

https://www.openmiddle.com/how-many-numbers-are-there/


https://www.google.com/url?q=https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/freeway-exits/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1743437815630442&usg=AOvVaw0aTfE9tVkC6F1m1hdDiUK1 

3.NF.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NF/A/3/tasks/1453


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NF/A/3/tasks/871 

3.MD.A.1

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://gfletchy.com/all-aboard/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1743437943521988&usg=AOvVaw2PGTdCq1NqI9ju1yAyYq-z


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/MD/A/1/tasks/1989


https://www.openmiddle.com/its-about-time-1/


https://nrich.maths.org/problems/wonky-watches

3.MD.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/MD/A/2/tasks/1929


https://gfletchy.com/the-orange/ 

3.MD.B.3

https://www.openmiddle.com/interpreting-graphs/ 

3.MD.B.4

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/rides/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1743438050970063&usg=AOvVaw3OG-GjTRKnTmsNrcBJ6AFM 

3.MD.C.5

https://gfletchy.com/cover-the-floor/


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/MD/C/tasks/516 

3.MD.C.6

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NF/A/1/tasks/1502


https://gfletchy.com/piles-of-tiles/ 

3.MD.C.7

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/MD/C/7/tasks/1992


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/MD/C/7/tasks/1990 


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/MD/C/7/tasks/1836 

3.MD.D.8

https://www.youcubed.org/tasks/36-fences/


https://www.openmiddle.com/rectangles-perimeter-v-area/ 

3.G.A.1

https://tools.achievethecore.org/coherence-map/3/10/90/46 

3.G.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/NF/A/1/tasks/1502 


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/G/A/2/tasks/1061 

 

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4th Grade Word Problem Tasks by Standard 

Standard

Task

4.OA.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/OA/A/tasks/356


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/OA/A/tasks/357


https://gfletchy.com/dill-er-up/ 

4.OA.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/OA/A/2/tasks/263 

4.OA.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/OA/A/3/tasks/1289


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/OA/A/3/tasks/876 

4.OA.B.4

https://gfletchy.com/dill-er-up/


https://www.youcubed.org/tasks/penny-collection/

4.OA.C.5

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/how-many-hanukkah-candles-will-we-need/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1743519115262303&usg=AOvVaw14go9XgQwXYh037ZNvJX-X 

4.NBT.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/OA/A/1/tasks/1808


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/OA/A/1/tasks/1809 

4.NBT.A.2

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/write-a-check/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1743519170829959&usg=AOvVaw3A5o1DhTtHpF2gvN0KFdX8 

4.NBT.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NBT/A/3/tasks/1683


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/giant-pizza/ 

4.NBT.B.4

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NBT/B/tasks/1189


https://achievethecore.org/page/1053/how-many-teams 

4.NBT.B.5

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/OA/A/1/tasks/1808


https://gfletchy.com/arraybow-of-colors/


https://gfletchy.com/krispy-kreme-me/ 

4.NBT.B.6

https://gfletchy.com/the-spinner/ 

4.NF.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NF/A/tasks/1064 

4.NF.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NF/A/tasks/971 

4.NF.B.3

https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/car-seats/


https://www.google.com/url?q=https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/freeway-exits/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1743519335930954&usg=AOvVaw0fD1o7lTm40NOGMFNkWu7n


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NF/B/3/tasks/856 

4.NF.B.4

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NF/B/4/tasks/857


https://gfletchy.com/do-the-dew/


https://gfletchy.com/the-juicer/ 

4.NF.C.5

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NF/C/5/tasks/152


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NF/C/5/tasks/154 

4.NF.C.6

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NF/C/5/tasks/103


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NF/C/5/tasks/152 

4.NF.C.7

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/NF/C/7/tasks/182

*Not a Word Problem

4.MD.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/MD/A/1/tasks/1508


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/movies/ 

4.MD.A.2

https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/much-money-pennies/ 


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/medicine/

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/MD/A/2/tasks/873 

4.MD.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/OA/A/3/tasks/876


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/5k-race/ 

4.MD.B.4

https://nrich.maths.org/games/estimating-angles

*Not a Word Problem

4.MD.C.5

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/subtended-angles


https://nrich.maths.org/problems/right-angles 

4.MD.C.6

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/MD/C/6/tasks/909


https://gfletchy.com/for-the-win/ 

4.MD.C.7

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/MD/C/7/tasks/1168

4.G.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/G/A/1/tasks/1263


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/G/A/1/tasks/1272 

4.GA.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/G/A/2/tasks/1273


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/G/A/2/tasks/1274 

4.GA.A.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/4/G/A/3/tasks/676





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5th Grade Word Problem Tasks by Standard 

Task

Standard

5.OA.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/OA/A/tasks/1630


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/OA/A/tasks/1606 

5.OA.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/OA/A/2/tasks/590


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/OA/A/2/tasks/139 

5.OA.B.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/OA/B/3/tasks/1895 

5.NBT.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NBT/A/1/tasks/1562


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NBT/A/1/tasks/1931 

5.NBT.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NBT/A/2/tasks/1524


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NBT/A/2/tasks/1620 

5.NBT.A.3

https://gfletchy.com/chasing-gold/


https://gfletchy.com/final-lap/


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/write-a-check/ 

5.NBT.A.4

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NBT/A/4/tasks/1804

*Not a Word Problem

5.NBT.B.5

https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/much-money-pennies/


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/how-much-bigger-should-they-make-zoolanders-school/ 

5.NBT.B.6

https://gfletchy.com/sugar-cubes/


https://gfletchy.com/tomato-tomato/ 

5.NBT.B.7

https://gfletchy.com/filling-the-tank/


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/how-much-money-are-the-coins-worth/ 

5.NF.A.1

https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/freeway-exits/


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NF/A/1/tasks/855 

5.NF.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NF/A/2/tasks/1172


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NF/A/2/tasks/2074 

5.NF.B.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NF/B/3/tasks/858 

5.NF.B.4

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NF/B/4/tasks/1988


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/NF/B/4/tasks/2079 

5.NF.B.5

https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/mini-me/ 

5.NF.B.6

https://gfletchy.com/the-big-pad/


https://gfletchy.com/let-it-flow/ 

5.NF.B.7

https://gfletchy.com/the-nectarine/

https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/how-many-biscuits-can-you-make/ 

5.MD.A.1

https://gfletchy.com/the-fish-tank/


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/how-fast-was-the-fastest-motorcycle-speeding-ticket-ever/


https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/MD/A/1/tasks/878 

5.MD.B.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/MD/B/2/tasks/1563

*Not a Word Problem

5.MD.C.3

https://gfletchy.com/got-cubes/


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/cigarette-butts/ 

5.MD.C.4

https://gfletchy.com/packing-sugar/ 

5.MD.C.5

https://gfletchy.com/overflow/


https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/drug-money/ 

5.G.A.1

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/G/A/1/tasks/489

*Not a Word Problem

5.G.A.2

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/G/A/2/tasks/1516 

5.G.B.3

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/G/B/3/tasks/1941 

5.G.B.4

https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/5/G/B/4/tasks/1943 

 

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