PRIMARY 3 WORD PROBLEMS

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1) Tim sold 573 donation tickets. Jared sold 155 fewer donation tickets than
Tim. How many donation tickets did Tim and Jared sell altogether?

2) Sandy saves $800. Mee Mee saved $288 less than Sandy. How much money
did Sandy and Mee Mee save altogether?

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3) Aaron sold 549 cards to his friends. Benny sold 117 more cards than Aaron.
How many cards did Aaron and Benny sell in all?

4) Yati collects both local and foreign stamps. There are 644 local stamps in
her album. She has 234 more foreign stamps than local stamps. How many
stamps does she have in all?

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1) Adam and Carson donated a total of $1120 to a charity. Carson and Dorian
donated a total of $1000 to the charity. If Dorian donated $560, how much
money did Adam donate?

2) There are 487 red and blue pens. There are 400 black and red pens. If there
are 218 black pens, how many blue pens are there?

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3) Nicole and Myat have 642 stamps altogether. Myat and Su Su have 600
stamps altogether. If Su Su has 368 stamps, how many stamps does Nicole
have?

4) There are 943 apples in box X and box Y. There are 785 apples in box Y and
box Z. If there are 300 apples in box Z, how many apples are there in box X?

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5) There are 368 rabbits and dogs in a pet shop. There are 240 dogs and
hamsters in the pet shop. How many more rabbits than hamsters are there
in the pet shop?

6) There are 578 pens and pencils in a book shop. There are 439 pencils and
erasers in the book shop. How many more pens than erasers are there in
the book shop?

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1) Joshua bought 46 more stickers than Lester. If Lester bought 175 stickers
and Martin bought 91 stickers, how many stickers did they buy altogether?

2) There are 236 more men than women in a cinema. If there were 212
women and 168 children in the cinema, how many people were there
altogether?

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3) There are 245 pupils in yellow house. There are 53 fewer pupils in blue
house than in yellow house. There are 227 pupils in green house. How
many pupils are there in the three houses altogether?

4) Mr Lim ordered 162 medium-sized T-shirts. He ordered 36 fewer small-

sized T-shirts than medium-sized T-shirts. He also ordered 134 large-sized
T-shirts. How many T-shirts did Mr Lim order in all?

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1) Wilson sold 289 funfair coupons on Monday. He sold 156 fewer funfair
coupons on Tuesday than on Monday. He sold 64 more funfair coupons on
Wednesday than on Monday. How many funfair coupons did he sell on the
three days altogether?

2) Box A contained 388 pieces of chocolate. Box B contained 162 fewer pieces
of chocolate than box A. Box C contained 118 more pieces of chocolate
than box A. How many pieces of chocolate were there in the three boxes
altogether?

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3) Simon has 365 stickers. John has 157 fewer stickers than Simon. James has
150 more stickers than Simon. How many stickers do they have altogether?

4) Yun Yun has 376 blocks. Wati has 180 fewer blocks than Yun Yun. Wyne
Wyne has 200 more blocks than Yun Yun. How many blocks do they have
altogether?

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1) Justin had 78 more marbles than Kevin. Kevin gave 22 marbles to Justin.
How many more marbles did Justin have than Kevin in the end?

2) Moe Moe has 40 more toys cars than Myat. Myat gave 20 toy cars to Moe
Moe . How many more toys cars did Moe Moe have than Myat in the end?

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3) Mr David has $866 more than Mr John. If Mr John give $200 to Mr David,
how much more money Mr David have than Mr John?

4) Nicole has 35 more teddy bears than Su Su. Su Su gave 35 teddy bears to
Nicole. How many more teddy bears did Nicole have than Su Su in the end?

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