Break Apart to Multiply is a free printable Grade 3 maths worksheet on the distributive property, aligned to Common Core standard 3.OA.B.5. It prints 9 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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Work out each answer.
LessonPrint · 3.OA.B.5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises the distributive property — 9 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core 3.OA.B.5: Use known facts and patterns to work out harder ones. The instruction to pupils is “Work out each answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.B.5 — 3.OA.B.5, in the Operations & Algebraic Thinking domain for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Break Apart to Multiply is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on 3.OA.B.5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 9 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Yes. Break Apart to Multiply, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Use known facts and patterns to work out harder ones.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3.OA.B.5 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.