Maths Olympiad Class 3 Word Problems Worksheet

Maths Olympiad topic 3: Addition and subtraction word problems · Set 418 · 40 questions

How to solve it (Read twice, then choose): “More”, “in all”, “altogether” → add. “Left”, “get off”, “how many more”, “difference” → take away. Two things happen? Do them one at a time, in order. Asked for “at first”? Undo what happened: put back what was given away.

1. 1.A farmer picks 288 mangoes on Monday and 193 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 85 (b) 105 (c) 481 (d) 95
2. 2.A school has 196 boys and 116 girls. 78 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 224 (b) 234 (c) 390 (d) 312
3. 3.A library has 337 books. It buys 69 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 416 (b) 396 (c) 406 (d) 268
4. 4.A school has 189 boys and 286 girls. 59 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 416 (b) 475 (c) 534 (d) 406
5. 5.After giving away 147 marbles, a boy has 287 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 424 (b) 140 (c) 444 (d) 434
6. 6.A library has 340 books. It buys 256 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 586 (b) 596 (c) 84 (d) 606
7. 7.A library has 234 books. It buys 254 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 478 (b) 588 (c) 488 (d) 498
8. 8.A school has 177 boys and 182 girls. 63 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 422 (b) 359 (c) 296 (d) 286
9. 9.After giving away 157 marbles, a boy has 211 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 378 (b) 368 (c) 54 (d) 358
10. 10.A school has 290 boys and 132 girls. 84 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 338 (b) 422 (c) 328 (d) 506
11. 11.After giving away 107 marbles, a boy has 37 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 134 (b) 154 (c) 145 (d) 144
12. 12.A library has 159 books. It buys 88 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 71 (b) 247 (c) 257 (d) 237
13. 13.A school has 167 boys and 182 girls. 74 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 423 (b) 265 (c) 275 (d) 349
14. 14.A library has 312 books. It buys 69 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 243 (b) 381 (c) 371 (d) 391
15. 15.A train has 628 passengers. At a station, 330 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 308 (b) 298 (c) 288 (d) 958
16. 16.After giving away 154 marbles, a boy has 37 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 201 (b) 192 (c) 181 (d) 191
17. 17.A school has 287 boys and 200 girls. 126 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 361 (b) 487 (c) 351 (d) 613
18. 18.A train has 712 passengers. At a station, 458 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 264 (b) 254 (c) 1170 (d) 244
19. 19.A train has 340 passengers. At a station, 167 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 163 (b) 507 (c) 173 (d) 183
20. 20.A farmer picks 217 mangoes on Monday and 124 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 83 (b) 93 (c) 103 (d) 341
21. 21.After giving away 163 marbles, a boy has 108 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 281 (b) 261 (c) 272 (d) 271
22. 22.A train has 660 passengers. At a station, 258 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 918 (b) 412 (c) 402 (d) 392
23. 23.A library has 158 books. It buys 321 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 479 (b) 469 (c) 579 (d) 489
24. 24.After giving away 62 marbles, a boy has 241 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 293 (b) 179 (c) 303 (d) 313
25. 25.After giving away 22 marbles, a boy has 237 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 249 (b) 269 (c) 215 (d) 259
26. 26.A train has 718 passengers. At a station, 608 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 120 (b) 100 (c) 110 (d) 1326
27. 27.A library has 469 books. It buys 290 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 759 (b) 749 (c) 179 (d) 769
28. 28.A train has 336 passengers. At a station, 120 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 226 (b) 216 (c) 206 (d) 456
29. 29.A library has 349 books. It buys 157 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 192 (b) 496 (c) 516 (d) 506
30. 30.After giving away 176 marbles, a boy has 248 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 414 (b) 72 (c) 424 (d) 434
31. 31.A library has 353 books. It buys 286 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 649 (b) 639 (c) 629 (d) 67
32. 32.A library has 357 books. It buys 308 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 675 (b) 655 (c) 665 (d) 49
33. 33.After giving away 46 marbles, a boy has 37 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 84 (b) 83 (c) 73 (d) 93
34. 34.A library has 268 books. It buys 97 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 355 (b) 375 (c) 171 (d) 365
35. 35.A farmer picks 416 mangoes on Monday and 124 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 540 (b) 302 (c) 292 (d) 282
36. 36.A library has 363 books. It buys 129 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 482 (b) 234 (c) 492 (d) 502
37. 37.A school has 276 boys and 245 girls. 60 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 581 (b) 521 (c) 451 (d) 461
38. 38.A library has 421 books. It buys 346 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 767 (b) 777 (c) 757 (d) 75
39. 39.A school has 170 boys and 230 girls. 125 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 400 (b) 525 (c) 275 (d) 265
40. 40.A school has 192 boys and 199 girls. 143 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 248 (b) 534 (c) 391 (d) 238

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