Maths Olympiad Class 3 Word Problems Worksheet

Maths Olympiad topic 3: Addition and subtraction word problems · Set 614 · 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 255 boys and 121 girls. 56 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 320 (b) 432 (c) 310 (d) 376
2. 2.A school has 240 boys and 299 girls. 107 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 422 (b) 539 (c) 432 (d) 646
3. 3.After giving away 94 marbles, a boy has 208 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 312 (b) 302 (c) 292 (d) 114
4. 4.A train has 687 passengers. At a station, 245 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 452 (b) 432 (c) 442 (d) 932
5. 5.A school has 191 boys and 161 girls. 62 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 414 (b) 280 (c) 290 (d) 352
6. 6.A train has 431 passengers. At a station, 151 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 290 (b) 280 (c) 270 (d) 582
7. 7.A farmer picks 373 mangoes on Monday and 317 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 66 (b) 690 (c) 46 (d) 56
8. 8.A school has 157 boys and 237 girls. 77 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 307 (b) 471 (c) 317 (d) 394
9. 9.A library has 138 books. It buys 266 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 404 (b) 394 (c) 504 (d) 414
10. 10.A library has 370 books. It buys 199 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 559 (b) 569 (c) 171 (d) 579
11. 11.After giving away 73 marbles, a boy has 198 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 281 (b) 271 (c) 261 (d) 125
12. 12.A library has 419 books. It buys 132 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 287 (b) 541 (c) 561 (d) 551
13. 13.A farmer picks 291 mangoes on Monday and 238 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 53 (b) 529 (c) 43 (d) 63
14. 14.After giving away 163 marbles, a boy has 214 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 387 (b) 51 (c) 377 (d) 367
15. 15.A library has 257 books. It buys 298 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 565 (b) 555 (c) 545 (d) 655
16. 16.A farmer picks 225 mangoes on Monday and 103 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 132 (b) 328 (c) 122 (d) 112
17. 17.A library has 250 books. It buys 316 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 666 (b) 556 (c) 576 (d) 566
18. 18.A farmer picks 345 mangoes on Monday and 231 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 576 (b) 104 (c) 114 (d) 124
19. 19.A train has 750 passengers. At a station, 593 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 147 (b) 1343 (c) 167 (d) 157
20. 20.A school has 176 boys and 216 girls. 69 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 313 (b) 392 (c) 323 (d) 461
21. 21.After giving away 68 marbles, a boy has 20 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 89 (b) 98 (c) 88 (d) 78
22. 22.A library has 281 books. It buys 115 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 166 (b) 396 (c) 406 (d) 386
23. 23.After giving away 36 marbles, a boy has 205 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 251 (b) 231 (c) 241 (d) 169
24. 24.A train has 627 passengers. At a station, 275 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 352 (b) 362 (c) 342 (d) 902
25. 25.A train has 544 passengers. At a station, 356 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 900 (b) 198 (c) 178 (d) 188
26. 26.A school has 216 boys and 185 girls. 76 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 401 (b) 315 (c) 325 (d) 477
27. 27.A farmer picks 390 mangoes on Monday and 274 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 116 (b) 126 (c) 664 (d) 106
28. 28.A school has 265 boys and 289 girls. 62 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 554 (b) 492 (c) 482 (d) 616
29. 29.After giving away 29 marbles, a boy has 29 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 58 (b) 59 (c) 68 (d) 48
30. 30.A library has 261 books. It buys 186 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 457 (b) 437 (c) 447 (d) 75
31. 31.A library has 128 books. It buys 178 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 406 (b) 316 (c) 306 (d) 296
32. 32.A farmer picks 447 mangoes on Monday and 393 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 840 (b) 54 (c) 64 (d) 44
33. 33.A train has 649 passengers. At a station, 282 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 357 (b) 367 (c) 931 (d) 377
34. 34.After giving away 24 marbles, a boy has 162 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 196 (b) 138 (c) 186 (d) 176
35. 35.A library has 132 books. It buys 86 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 218 (b) 208 (c) 46 (d) 228
36. 36.A farmer picks 381 mangoes on Monday and 168 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 549 (b) 213 (c) 223 (d) 203
37. 37.After giving away 30 marbles, a boy has 71 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 41 (b) 111 (c) 91 (d) 101
38. 38.A train has 527 passengers. At a station, 193 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 324 (b) 720 (c) 344 (d) 334
39. 39.After giving away 120 marbles, a boy has 31 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 141 (b) 152 (c) 151 (d) 161
40. 40.A farmer picks 256 mangoes on Monday and 108 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 364 (b) 148 (c) 138 (d) 158

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