TEKS 3.8A Worksheets — Grade 3 Summarize a data set with multiple categories

Sky is organizing a school picnic and wants to make sure there are enough drinks for everyone. She bought 24 bottles of sweet tea and 18 bottles of lemonade. How many bottles of drinks did Sky buy in total for the picnic?

1. 42 ✓
2. 36
3. 34
4. 30

Why: To find the total number of bottles of drinks that Sky bought, you need to add the number of bottles of sweet tea and lemonade together. So, you calculate 24 + 18, which equals 42. Therefore, Sky bought 42 bottles of drinks for the picnic.

Valentina attended the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. She saw 15 pigs and 22 goats. How many animals did Valentina see in total?

1. 37 ✓
2. 25
3. 15
4. 22

Why: To find the total number of animals Valentina saw, you add the number of pigs and goats together. So, 15 + 22 equals 37. Therefore, the correct answer is 37.

Natalia collected data on different types of Texas wildlife she saw during her visit to Caddo Lake. She saw the following: 5 white-tailed deer, 3 alligators, and 4 great horned owls. What is the total number of animals Natalia saw?

1. 12 ✓
2. 10
3. 9
4. 8

Why: To find the total number of animals Natalia saw, add the number of each type of animal together: 5 (white-tailed deer) + 3 (alligators) + 4 (great horned owls) = 12. Therefore, the correct answer is 12.

Nisha is helping her family at their peach orchard in the Rio Grande Valley. They picked 45 peaches on Monday, 32 peaches on Tuesday, and 28 peaches on Wednesday. How many peaches did they pick in total over these three days?

1. 105 ✓
2. 95
3. 75
4. 85

Why: To find the total number of peaches Nisha's family picked, we need to add the number of peaches picked each day. So, we calculate 45 + 32 + 28. First, add 45 and 32, which equals 77. Then, add 28 to 77, resulting in a total of 105 peaches. Therefore, the correct answer is 105.

Mia is helping her family at their farm near Amarillo, Texas. They have a total of 30 chickens and ducks. If they have 18 chickens, how many ducks do they have? Use the information to answer the question below.

1. 12 ✓
2. 18
3. 15
4. 30

Why: To find the number of ducks, subtract the number of chickens from the total number of birds. So, 30 (total birds) - 18 (chickens) = 12 (ducks). Therefore, the correct answer is 12.

Leila is selling homemade lemonade at a stand in Amarillo, Texas. She has 12 cups of lemonade in red cups and 8 cups in blue cups. How many cups of lemonade does Leila have in total?

1. 20 ✓
2. 18
3. 16
4. 22

Why: To find the total number of cups of lemonade, add the number of red cups to the number of blue cups. Leila has 12 red cups + 8 blue cups, which equals 20 cups of lemonade in total.

At the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Carolina counted the number of different animals in each category. She saw 15 goats, 10 pigs, and 25 sheep. If Carolina makes a bar graph to show the number of sheep and pigs, how many animals will she represent in her graph?

1. 35 ✓
2. 25
3. 15
4. 10

Why: To find the total number of animals Carolina will represent in her bar graph, we need to add the number of pigs and sheep together. There are 10 pigs and 25 sheep. Therefore, 10 + 25 equals 35. So, the correct answer is 35.

During Bluebonnet season in Texas, Valentina and her friends decided to pick bluebonnets and create a beautiful bouquet. Valentina picked 12 bluebonnets, and her friend Hector picked 8 bluebonnets. How many bluebonnets did they pick in total?

1. 20 ✓
2. 19
3. 21
4. 22

Why: To find the total number of bluebonnets picked by Valentina and Hector, you need to add the number of bluebonnets each of them picked. Valentina picked 12 bluebonnets and Hector picked 8 bluebonnets. So, 12 + 8 = 20. Therefore, they picked a total of 20 bluebonnets.