MathYear 3

Year 3 Numeracy – Adding and Subtracting Word Problems 2

Interactive practice test with 20 questions on adding and subtracting larger numbers in multi-step problems, in the style of the Year 3 NAPLAN Numeracy test. 20 minutes.

1.

A school has 248 girls and 236 boys. How many children are there altogether?

2.

A shop had 325 balloons. It sold 140. How many balloons are left?

3.

Choose the missing number.

136 + 1 = 200

Blank 1: 64 · 74 · 164

4.

Jada scored 47 points in the first game and 38 points in the second game. How many more points did she score in the first game?

5.

Zac walked 125 steps to the gate, then 75 steps to the shop. Then he walked home the same way. How many steps did he walk in total?

6.

Circle 2 words in the sentence below.

Which 2 numbers add to make exactly 100?

2846626472

7.

Grace has 68 stamps. She wants to have 120 stamps. Which number sentence shows how many more stamps she needs?

8.

Choose the missing numbers.

There were 150 people at the pool.

35 people went home and 20 more people came.

Now there are 1 people at the pool.

2 more people need to come to make 150 again.

Blank 1: 95 · 135 · 165 · 205

Blank 2: 15 · 25 · 35

9.

Max had 60 cards. He gave 15 cards to Ana and 18 cards to Ben. How many cards does Max have left?

10.

What is 403 − 8?

11.

Which is closest to 297 + 198?

12.

Choose the missing number.

1 − 45 = 30

Blank 1: 15 · 65 · 75

13.

A train has 4 carriages. There are 32, 28, 30 and 25 people in the carriages. How many people are on the train?

14.

Isla thinks of a number. She adds 25, then takes away 10. Her answer is 50. What was her number?

15.

Circle 3 words in the sentence below.

Which 3 of these have an answer of 20?

35 − 1550 − 2042 − 2261 − 40100 − 8029 − 11

16.

Tia has 26 more beads than Ivy. Tia has 90 beads. How many beads does Ivy have?

17.

Choose the missing numbers to make each number sentence true.

45 + 38 = 40 + 1

72 − 19 = 72 − 20 + 2

Blank 1: 33 · 43 · 48

Blank 2: 1 · 9 · 19

18.

A library had 512 books. 130 books were borrowed and 45 books were returned. How many books are in the library now?

19.

Circle 2 words in the sentence below.

Which 2 numbers are exactly 25 apart?

1430385163

20.

Pia's book has 120 pages. She read 35 pages on Saturday and twice as many pages on Sunday. How many pages does she still have to read?