Maths Olympiad Class 3 Word Problems Worksheet

Maths Olympiad topic 3: Addition and subtraction word problems · Set 608 · 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 school has 258 boys and 260 girls. 115 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 633 (b) 393 (c) 403 (d) 518
2. 2.A farmer picks 282 mangoes on Monday and 238 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 54 (d) 520
3. 3.A farmer picks 407 mangoes on Monday and 223 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 184 (b) 630 (c) 194 (d) 174
4. 4.A train has 735 passengers. At a station, 624 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 101 (b) 1359 (c) 121 (d) 111
5. 5.A school has 152 boys and 227 girls. 110 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 379 (b) 489 (c) 269 (d) 259
6. 6.After giving away 176 marbles, a boy has 49 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 225 (b) 235 (c) 226 (d) 215
7. 7.A train has 567 passengers. At a station, 310 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 257 (b) 267 (c) 247 (d) 877
8. 8.A farmer picks 447 mangoes on Monday and 410 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 857 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 47
9. 9.A farmer picks 252 mangoes on Monday and 109 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 153 (b) 143 (c) 133 (d) 361
10. 10.After giving away 70 marbles, a boy has 208 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 288 (b) 268 (c) 138 (d) 278
11. 11.A school has 191 boys and 169 girls. 74 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 360 (b) 286 (c) 434 (d) 276
12. 12.After giving away 81 marbles, a boy has 28 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 119 (b) 110 (c) 109 (d) 99
13. 13.After giving away 64 marbles, a boy has 130 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 204 (b) 66 (c) 184 (d) 194
14. 14.A library has 164 books. It buys 288 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 552 (b) 462 (c) 442 (d) 452
15. 15.After giving away 76 marbles, a boy has 45 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 121 (b) 122 (c) 111 (d) 131
16. 16.A train has 432 passengers. At a station, 219 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 223 (b) 203 (c) 213 (d) 651
17. 17.A train has 606 passengers. At a station, 371 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 977 (b) 245 (c) 235 (d) 225
18. 18.A farmer picks 315 mangoes on Monday and 214 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 111 (b) 529 (c) 101 (d) 91
19. 19.A train has 358 passengers. At a station, 244 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 124 (b) 602 (c) 104 (d) 114
20. 20.A train has 448 passengers. At a station, 283 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 165 (b) 731 (c) 155 (d) 175
21. 21.A farmer picks 477 mangoes on Monday and 249 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 726 (b) 238 (c) 218 (d) 228
22. 22.A farmer picks 397 mangoes on Monday and 364 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) 761 (d) 23
23. 23.A farmer picks 210 mangoes on Monday and 134 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 344 (b) 86 (c) 76 (d) 66
24. 24.After giving away 82 marbles, a boy has 153 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 71 (b) 245 (c) 235 (d) 225
25. 25.A farmer picks 457 mangoes on Monday and 190 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 267 (b) 257 (c) 277 (d) 647
26. 26.After giving away 160 marbles, a boy has 30 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 180 (b) 191 (c) 190 (d) 200
27. 27.A school has 294 boys and 280 girls. 64 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 638 (b) 510 (c) 574 (d) 500
28. 28.A school has 113 boys and 146 girls. 146 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 259 (b) 405 (c) 103 (d) 113
29. 29.A school has 266 boys and 109 girls. 57 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 375 (b) 308 (c) 432 (d) 318
30. 30.A school has 102 boys and 255 girls. 119 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 357 (b) 238 (c) 476 (d) 228
31. 31.A train has 789 passengers. At a station, 625 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 1414 (b) 164 (c) 154 (d) 174
32. 32.A train has 305 passengers. At a station, 166 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 129 (b) 139 (c) 149 (d) 471
33. 33.A train has 319 passengers. At a station, 232 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 77 (b) 97 (c) 87 (d) 551
34. 34.A farmer picks 291 mangoes on Monday and 186 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 105 (b) 477 (c) 95 (d) 115
35. 35.After giving away 57 marbles, a boy has 284 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 331 (b) 227 (c) 351 (d) 341
36. 36.A school has 102 boys and 250 girls. 70 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 272 (b) 422 (c) 282 (d) 352
37. 37.After giving away 48 marbles, a boy has 30 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 78 (b) 88 (c) 79 (d) 68
38. 38.A train has 755 passengers. At a station, 258 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 507 (b) 487 (c) 1013 (d) 497
39. 39.A train has 764 passengers. At a station, 533 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 241 (b) 1297 (c) 231 (d) 221
40. 40.A farmer picks 257 mangoes on Monday and 235 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 22 (b) 492 (c) 12 (d) 32

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