Read the Weighing Scale is a free printable Grade 3 math worksheet on reading a mass in grams or kilograms from a scale, aligned to Common Core standard 3.MD.A.2. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
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Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practices reading a mass in grams or kilograms from a scale — 6 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core 3.MD.A.2: Measure and estimate liquid volume in liters and mass in grams and kilograms, and solve one-step problems with them. The instruction to students is “Read each scale”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.A.2 — 3.MD.A.2, under Measurement & Data for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a volume scale) to represent the problem.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Read the Weighing Scale is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on 3.MD.A.2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 6 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 student, 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. Read the Weighing Scale, 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.
Measure and estimate liquid volume in liters and mass in grams and kilograms, and solve one-step problems with them.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3.MD.A.2 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.