THIRD GRADE MATH

3. Problems with Addition and Subtraction

Best Buy had 3,789 DVDs in stock. They had a really big sale and sold 1,982 DVDs. How many DVDs were

left on the shelves?

a. 2,207 b. 1,807 c. 4,661 d. 5,771

Jane was on her way to Grandma’s house.She decided to count all of the cars that they passed

on the road. She counted 167 cars before they stopped for lunch and 45 cars after they had lunch.

Which picture box shows the problem?

167

45

?

167

45 ?

167

45

? 167

?

45

a. b.

c. d.

An average of 66,603 people visit Sea World every day. More than 70,562 people visit Six Flags every day.

How many more people visit Six Flags daily than visit Sea World each day?

a. 137,165 b. 16,161 c. 3,959 d. 4,169

The population of Daytona Beach is 62,316. The population of Port Orange is 57,203. What is the total

population for both cities?

a. 115,113 b. 119,519 c. 15,113 d. 5,113

The city of Daytona Beach held a Fitness Festival to show the many types of fitness programs available to the youth of the Daytona Beach Area. On Saturday, 3,596 people attended the

Festival. More people came to see the events on Sunday. A total of 6,294 people attended the two day event.

How many people attended on Sunday?

a. 3,302 b. 2,698 c. 2,678 d. 9,890

A fern farm in Pierson packed 75,349 bundles of Boston ferns and 2,678 bundles of asparagus ferns. How many bundles

of fern did they pack in all?

a. 78,027 b. 73,331 c. 72,671 d. 77,917

Your teacher has given you a challenge problem for homework.You must add 342,753 + 116,983 + 297,531.

What is the correct sum ?

a. 757,267b. 645,167c. 756,267d. 756,167

Baseball is America’s ballgame. And hot dogs are the number one choice of food at every baseball game.

The concession stand sold a total of 2,851 hot dogs at the Thursday night game and 4,723 hot dogs at the Sunday afternoon game. How many more hot dogs were sold on

Sunday than on Thursday?

a. 7,574 b. 6,574 c. 1,872 d. 2,132

The parking lots at Disney World hold lots of cars. There were 5,823 cars in the first lot, 3,596 in the second lot

and 1,274 in the third lot. How many cars were parked in the Disney

parking lots?

a. 10,583 c. 10,693b. 9,583 d. 9,693

Due to efforts to save and revitalize our rivers the number of fish in some rivers has increased.

Look at the chart and find the difference between the total number of fish counted in 1994 and the total number

of fish counted in 2006.

a. 27,716 b. 8,688 c. 8,193

d. 16,881

YEAR STEELHEAD BROWN TROUT

SALMON

1994 3886 2364 1943

2000 5387 4091 1933

2006 10,250 3265 3366

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida. It covers 467,000 square acres. Lake Hartwell, in Georgia, covers 56,000 square acres. How many more square acres does Lake Okeechobee

cover than Lake Hartwell ?

a. 411,000 b. 413,000 c. 423,000 d. 523,000

FLORIDA

Winn Dixie took a survey of 6,782 people.Of the people surveyed, 3,893 said they liked the new store.

How many people did not like the new store?

a. 10,675 b. 3,111 c. 3,999 d. 2,889

Your teacher has given you a challenge problem for homework.

You must add 459,038 + 261,473 + 305,721.What is the correct sum ?

a. 913,384b. 915,222c. 915,122d. 1,026,232

Target had 837 computers in stock. They had a big sale and sold some computers. There are still 294

computers on the shelves. How many computers did they sell?

a. 543 b. 663 c. 643 d. 1,131

Gabriella was on her way to Summer Camp.She decided to count all of the cars that they passed

on the trip. She counted 183 cars before they got on I95 and she counted more cars after they got on I95.

She counted a total of 231 cars. Which picture shows the problem?

a. b.

c. d.

183

183 0?231

183?

231 ?

183 231

231

Emma needs to sell 400 tickets to earn money for dance camp.She sold 273 tickets to friends and family.

How many more tickets need to be sold to reach her goal?

a. 273 b. 673 c. 137 d. 127

On Arbor Day, 3,581 seedlings were planted by the school children in the local park. An additional 4,796 seedlings were

planted the following weekend.The school children had hoped to plant 10,000 seedlings.How many more need to be planted to reach their goal?

a. 1,622 b. 1,623 c. 2,733 d. 18,377

The population of Holly Hill is 11,679. The population of South Daytona is 12,792. What is the total population for

both cities?

a. 1,127 b. 1,113 c. 23,361 d. 24,471

A group of artists held an Art Festival to show off their works of art. They had a total of 7,612 art works on display.

By the end of the Festival they had sold a total of 5,830 works of art. How many works of art were left over?

a. 2,222 b. 1,782 c. 12,442 d. 13,442

An average of 94,561 people visit Universal every day. More than 346,526 people visit Disney World every day.

How many more people visit Disney World daily than visit Universal each day?

a. 251,965 b. 441,087 c. 330,087 d. 352,045

Sears had a huge shoe sale. They sold 2,741 pairs of shoes. There are still 428

pairs of shoes on the shelves. How many pairs of shoes were in stock before the sale started?

a. 2,327 b. 2,169 c. 3,169

d. 2,313

A farm in Barberville packed 193,852 pounds of black eyed peas and 241,670 pounds of snow peas. How many pounds of peas

did they pack in all?

a. 334,422 b. 435,522 c. 151,222 d. 47,818

Sarah was on her way to the mall.She decided to count all of the people that she saw

along the way. She counted 349 people before they stopped at the mall and some more people on the way home.

She counted a total of 473 people. Which picture shows the problem?

473

349

?

473

349 ?

473

?

349 349

?

a. b.

c. d.

Universal Studio’s parking lots hold many cars. There were 2,513 cars in the first lot, 1,968 in the second lot

and 1,784 in the third lot. How many cars were parked in Universal’s

parking lots?

a. 4,155 c. 6,265 b. 5,265 d. 5,155

Look at the chart. How many more steelhead were counted than both trout and salmon in 2006?

a. 3,619 b. 6,521 c. 6,631

d. 16,881

YEAR STEELHEAD BROWN TROUT

SALMON

1994 3886 2364 1943

2000 5387 4091 1933

2006 10,250 3265 3366

Publix redesigned their store. Then they took a survey of 5,912 people. Of the people surveyed, 2,834 said they liked

the new design.How many people did not like the new store design?

a. 3,078 b. 3,122 c. 3,178 d. 8,746

Van needs to sell 750 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to break last year’s record.

She sold 574 boxes to friends and family.How many more boxes need to be sold to reach her goal?

a. 286 b. 224 c. 176 d. 1,324

THIRD GRADE