
3rd Grade · Logic & Problem Solving
Place Value Riddles
Free printable 3rd Grade logic & problem solving worksheet: Place Value Riddles. It practices number riddles (Common Core 3.NBT.A.1). For ages 8-9. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 3rd Grade
- Subject
- Logic & Problem Solving
- Skill
- Number riddles
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- 3.NBT.A.1
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Place Value Riddles” is sheet 5 of 30 in our free 3rd Grade Logic & Problem Solving Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on number riddles.
In the set it comes after “6 × 6 Sudoku Challenge” and before “Shape Algebra: Multiply and Divide”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
3.NBT.A.1 · Common Core Math · Grade 3
Number & Operations in Base Ten
Children work on place value with larger numbers, rounding, and using place value to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Let your child explain their reasoning out loud on the logic grid and line-up puzzles. Saying “so nobody else can have carrots” is the skill.
- 2
On function tables, ask for the rule in words first, then as a number sentence.
- 3
Accept any well-argued answer on “Which One Does Not Belong?” — there is more than one right choice by design.







