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Maths Olympiad Class 3 Word Problems Worksheet

Maths Olympiad topic 3: Addition and subtraction word problems · Set 450 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.A school has 153 boys and 165 girls. 135 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 453 (b) 183 (c) 318 (d) 173
  2. 2.A library has 363 books. It buys 239 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 612 (b) 602 (c) 592 (d) 124
  3. 3.A farmer picks 578 mangoes on Monday and 194 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 394 (b) 384 (c) 772 (d) 374
  4. 4.After giving away 140 marbles, a boy has 286 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 416 (b) 146 (c) 436 (d) 426
  5. 5.After giving away 36 marbles, a boy has 102 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 148 (b) 128 (c) 138 (d) 66
  6. 6.A library has 224 books. It buys 309 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 533 (b) 523 (c) 633 (d) 543
  7. 7.A train has 407 passengers. At a station, 111 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 306 (b) 286 (c) 518 (d) 296
  8. 8.A train has 413 passengers. At a station, 190 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 213 (b) 603 (c) 223 (d) 233
  9. 9.A library has 332 books. It buys 114 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 456 (b) 218 (c) 446 (d) 436
  10. 10.After giving away 145 marbles, a boy has 70 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 215 (b) 205 (c) 225 (d) 216
  11. 11.A train has 620 passengers. At a station, 225 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 385 (b) 845 (c) 395 (d) 405
  12. 12.After giving away 81 marbles, a boy has 66 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 148 (b) 147 (c) 137 (d) 157
  13. 13.A school has 202 boys and 296 girls. 74 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 572 (b) 424 (c) 414 (d) 498
  14. 14.A train has 539 passengers. At a station, 462 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 77 (b) 1001 (c) 67 (d) 87
  15. 15.After giving away 45 marbles, a boy has 249 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 304 (b) 284 (c) 204 (d) 294
  16. 16.A school has 166 boys and 120 girls. 54 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 232 (b) 340 (c) 286 (d) 222
  17. 17.A library has 409 books. It buys 136 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 545 (b) 535 (c) 273 (d) 555
  18. 18.A train has 390 passengers. At a station, 167 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 223 (b) 557 (c) 233 (d) 213
  19. 19.A school has 137 boys and 252 girls. 53 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 389 (b) 442 (c) 326 (d) 336
  20. 20.A school has 241 boys and 267 girls. 89 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 597 (b) 419 (c) 409 (d) 508
  21. 21.After giving away 106 marbles, a boy has 209 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 315 (b) 103 (c) 305 (d) 325
  22. 22.A library has 454 books. It buys 148 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 612 (b) 592 (c) 306 (d) 602
  23. 23.A farmer picks 268 mangoes on Monday and 206 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 72 (b) 52 (c) 62 (d) 474
  24. 24.A farmer picks 567 mangoes on Monday and 152 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 405 (b) 719 (c) 425 (d) 415
  25. 25.A farmer picks 316 mangoes on Monday and 169 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 137 (b) 147 (c) 485 (d) 157
  26. 26.A train has 780 passengers. At a station, 226 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 564 (b) 554 (c) 1006 (d) 544
  27. 27.A train has 561 passengers. At a station, 457 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 114 (b) 104 (c) 1018 (d) 94
  28. 28.After giving away 121 marbles, a boy has 140 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 261 (b) 251 (c) 271 (d) 19
  29. 29.After giving away 180 marbles, a boy has 187 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 7 (b) 367 (c) 377 (d) 357
  30. 30.A school has 169 boys and 116 girls. 148 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 285 (b) 137 (c) 127 (d) 433
  31. 31.A school has 264 boys and 279 girls. 74 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 543 (b) 617 (c) 469 (d) 459
  32. 32.A school has 119 boys and 202 girls. 53 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 258 (b) 268 (c) 321 (d) 374
  33. 33.A library has 412 books. It buys 168 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 590 (b) 570 (c) 244 (d) 580
  34. 34.A train has 556 passengers. At a station, 470 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 96 (b) 1026 (c) 86 (d) 76
  35. 35.A train has 598 passengers. At a station, 475 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 123 (b) 133 (c) 113 (d) 1073
  36. 36.A train has 725 passengers. At a station, 117 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 618 (b) 608 (c) 842 (d) 598
  37. 37.A library has 337 books. It buys 105 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 442 (b) 232 (c) 452 (d) 432
  38. 38.After giving away 71 marbles, a boy has 60 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 131 (b) 132 (c) 141 (d) 121
  39. 39.After giving away 97 marbles, a boy has 89 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 196 (b) 186 (c) 176 (d) 187
  40. 40.A library has 242 books. It buys 274 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 506 (b) 516 (c) 616 (d) 526

Answer key

  1. 183
  2. 602
  3. 384
  4. 426
  5. 138
  6. 533
  7. 296
  8. 223
  9. 446
  10. 215
  11. 395
  12. 147
  13. 424
  14. 77
  15. 294
  16. 232
  17. 545
  18. 223
  19. 336
  20. 419
  21. 315
  22. 602
  23. 62
  24. 415
  25. 147
  26. 554
  27. 104
  28. 261
  29. 367
  30. 137
  31. 469
  32. 268
  33. 580
  34. 86
  35. 123
  36. 608
  37. 442
  38. 131
  39. 186
  40. 516

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