Maths Olympiad Class 3 Word Problems Worksheet

Maths Olympiad topic 3: Addition and subtraction word problems · Set 813 · 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 train has 421 passengers. At a station, 368 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 63 (b) 43 (c) 53 (d) 789
2. 2.A school has 151 boys and 296 girls. 58 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 505 (b) 447 (c) 389 (d) 379
3. 3.A train has 323 passengers. At a station, 111 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 202 (b) 434 (c) 222 (d) 212
4. 4.A train has 622 passengers. At a station, 398 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 224 (b) 234 (c) 1020 (d) 214
5. 5.A school has 218 boys and 217 girls. 109 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 544 (b) 316 (c) 326 (d) 435
6. 6.A library has 210 books. It buys 151 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 59 (b) 371 (c) 361 (d) 351
7. 7.A farmer picks 519 mangoes on Monday and 110 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 629 (b) 409 (c) 399 (d) 419
8. 8.After giving away 71 marbles, a boy has 296 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 367 (b) 377 (c) 357 (d) 225
9. 9.After giving away 170 marbles, a boy has 49 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 219 (b) 220 (c) 209 (d) 229
10. 10.After giving away 191 marbles, a boy has 96 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 288 (b) 277 (c) 297 (d) 287
11. 11.A library has 148 books. It buys 120 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 258 (b) 28 (c) 278 (d) 268
12. 12.After giving away 97 marbles, a boy has 197 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 100 (b) 294 (c) 284 (d) 304
13. 13.After giving away 191 marbles, a boy has 135 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 316 (b) 327 (c) 326 (d) 336
14. 14.A library has 133 books. It buys 321 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 464 (b) 454 (c) 444 (d) 554
15. 15.After giving away 30 marbles, a boy has 89 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 119 (b) 129 (c) 59 (d) 109
16. 16.A farmer picks 380 mangoes on Monday and 350 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 730 (d) 20
17. 17.A library has 120 books. It buys 72 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 48 (b) 202 (c) 192 (d) 182
18. 18.After giving away 133 marbles, a boy has 96 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 239 (b) 219 (c) 230 (d) 229
19. 19.A school has 284 boys and 171 girls. 54 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 391 (b) 401 (c) 509 (d) 455
20. 20.A train has 716 passengers. At a station, 557 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 1273 (b) 149 (c) 159 (d) 169
21. 21.A train has 771 passengers. At a station, 199 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 970 (b) 562 (c) 572 (d) 582
22. 22.A school has 266 boys and 279 girls. 84 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 451 (b) 629 (c) 545 (d) 461
23. 23.A farmer picks 366 mangoes on Monday and 309 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 67 (b) 47 (c) 57 (d) 675
24. 24.A library has 246 books. It buys 212 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 34 (b) 458 (c) 468 (d) 448
25. 25.A train has 513 passengers. At a station, 462 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 975 (b) 61 (c) 51 (d) 41
26. 26.A school has 276 boys and 194 girls. 124 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 470 (b) 346 (c) 336 (d) 594
27. 27.A school has 241 boys and 299 girls. 149 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 381 (b) 689 (c) 391 (d) 540
28. 28.A library has 400 books. It buys 346 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 746 (b) 54 (c) 756 (d) 736
29. 29.A school has 254 boys and 283 girls. 70 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 457 (b) 537 (c) 607 (d) 467
30. 30.A school has 110 boys and 148 girls. 115 children go on a trip. How many children stay at school? (a) 258 (b) 143 (c) 373 (d) 133
31. 31.A farmer picks 442 mangoes on Monday and 215 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 227 (b) 237 (c) 217 (d) 657
32. 32.A train has 345 passengers. At a station, 131 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 476 (b) 214 (c) 224 (d) 204
33. 33.After giving away 21 marbles, a boy has 247 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 268 (b) 226 (c) 278 (d) 258
34. 34.After giving away 147 marbles, a boy has 107 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 254 (b) 255 (c) 264 (d) 244
35. 35.A train has 795 passengers. At a station, 695 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 1490 (b) 110 (c) 100 (d) 90
36. 36.After giving away 179 marbles, a boy has 248 marbles left. How many marbles did he have at first? (a) 427 (b) 69 (c) 437 (d) 417
37. 37.A library has 391 books. It buys 227 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 608 (b) 628 (c) 618 (d) 164
38. 38.A library has 252 books. It buys 205 more. How many books does it have now? (a) 447 (b) 457 (c) 47 (d) 467
39. 39.A farmer picks 454 mangoes on Monday and 230 mangoes on Tuesday. How many more mangoes did he pick on Monday? (a) 684 (b) 214 (c) 224 (d) 234
40. 40.A train has 400 passengers. At a station, 165 passengers get off. How many are still on the train? (a) 565 (b) 235 (c) 245 (d) 225

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