Maths Olympiad Class 3 Word Problems Worksheet

Maths Olympiad topic 3: Addition and subtraction word problems · Set 642 · 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 457 mangoes on Monday and 354 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 103 (b) 811 (c) 93 (d) 113
2. 2.A school has 134 boys and 134 girls. 68 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 336 (b) 268 (c) 200 (d) 190
3. 3.After giving away 97 marbles, a boy has 51 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 149 (b) 148 (c) 158 (d) 138
4. 4.A school has 234 boys and 159 girls. 119 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 393 (b) 512 (c) 274 (d) 264
5. 5.A library has 164 books. It buys 60 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 234 (b) 224 (c) 214 (d) 104
6. 6.After giving away 188 marbles, a boy has 24 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 202 (b) 222 (c) 213 (d) 212
7. 7.A train has 728 passengers. At a station, 361 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 367 (b) 357 (c) 1089 (d) 377
8. 8.A train has 516 passengers. At a station, 146 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 370 (b) 360 (c) 380 (d) 662
9. 9.A school has 185 boys and 188 girls. 125 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 498 (b) 373 (c) 248 (d) 238
10. 10.A train has 315 passengers. At a station, 183 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 122 (b) 132 (c) 498 (d) 142
11. 11.After giving away 40 marbles, a boy has 181 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 221 (b) 211 (c) 141 (d) 231
12. 12.A library has 445 books. It buys 154 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 609 (b) 589 (c) 599 (d) 291
13. 13.A school has 298 boys and 270 girls. 88 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 480 (b) 470 (c) 656 (d) 568
14. 14.After giving away 141 marbles, a boy has 57 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 208 (b) 188 (c) 199 (d) 198
15. 15.A school has 294 boys and 209 girls. 138 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 365 (b) 503 (c) 355 (d) 641
16. 16.After giving away 26 marbles, a boy has 232 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 248 (b) 206 (c) 258 (d) 268
17. 17.After giving away 67 marbles, a boy has 128 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 205 (b) 185 (c) 61 (d) 195
18. 18.A school has 299 boys and 170 girls. 74 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 395 (b) 469 (c) 385 (d) 543
19. 19.A train has 435 passengers. At a station, 191 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 244 (b) 234 (c) 254 (d) 626
20. 20.A farmer picks 347 mangoes on Monday and 267 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 80 (b) 614 (c) 90 (d) 70
21. 21.A farmer picks 270 mangoes on Monday and 192 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 462 (b) 88 (c) 78 (d) 68
22. 22.A farmer picks 238 mangoes on Monday and 209 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 19 (b) 447 (c) 39 (d) 29
23. 23.A train has 591 passengers. At a station, 147 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 444 (b) 738 (c) 454 (d) 434
24. 24.After giving away 128 marbles, a boy has 124 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 242 (b) 262 (c) 252 (d) 253
25. 25.After giving away 185 marbles, a boy has 288 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 103 (b) 463 (c) 483 (d) 473
26. 26.After giving away 170 marbles, a boy has 65 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 236 (b) 235 (c) 225 (d) 245
27. 27.A farmer picks 572 mangoes on Monday and 112 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 684 (b) 470 (c) 460 (d) 450
28. 28.A school has 157 boys and 179 girls. 84 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 242 (b) 336 (c) 252 (d) 420
29. 29.After giving away 38 marbles, a boy has 201 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 163 (b) 229 (c) 239 (d) 249
30. 30.A train has 475 passengers. At a station, 422 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 897 (b) 43 (c) 53 (d) 63
31. 31.A school has 171 boys and 121 girls. 101 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 181 (b) 292 (c) 393 (d) 191
32. 32.A school has 242 boys and 145 girls. 61 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 448 (b) 326 (c) 316 (d) 387
33. 33.After giving away 134 marbles, a boy has 295 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 419 (b) 439 (c) 429 (d) 161
34. 34.After giving away 87 marbles, a boy has 49 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 137 (b) 126 (c) 136 (d) 146
35. 35.A school has 119 boys and 231 girls. 54 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 286 (b) 350 (c) 296 (d) 404
36. 36.A train has 425 passengers. At a station, 143 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 292 (b) 272 (c) 568 (d) 282
37. 37.After giving away 130 marbles, a boy has 94 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 214 (b) 225 (c) 234 (d) 224
38. 38.A train has 608 passengers. At a station, 235 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 363 (b) 383 (c) 373 (d) 843
39. 39.A library has 132 books. It buys 154 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 296 (b) 386 (c) 276 (d) 286
40. 40.A train has 597 passengers. At a station, 211 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 376 (b) 386 (c) 396 (d) 808

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