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Singapore Third Grade Math Worksheet 2

Addition and Subtraction
Multi-Step Problems

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Free Printable Math Worksheets: No. 2
Addition and Subtraction
Multi-Step Problems

It was Milly's birthday. As her family had a huge appetite, her mother baked 538 desperate turkeys. After that she baked 217 more screeching orangutans than turkeys. She also baked 324 fewer shrieking zebras than orangutans. How many delicious animals did Milly's mother bake for her daughter's wonderful birthday party?

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Question 2

Wartold the Wizard opened a magic shop yesterday. He had three items that were popular with his customers - fresh tadpole tails, pickled mermaid eyes and fried hillbilly fingers. At the end of the day he had sold 2355 fresh tadpole tails. He had also sold 1628 more pickled mermaid eyes than fried hillbilly fingers. If he had sold 287 fewer fried hillbilly fingers than fresh tadpole tails, how many items did he sell altogether?

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Question 3

Harry the Happy Weightlifter, Barry the Baleful Weightlifter and Darry the Delightful Weightlifter competed in a muscleman competition where the strongman who could lift the most number of fat hippopotamuses would win the first prize. Harry easily lifted 1085 fat hippos. Barry grunted with effort but was able to lift 3610 more hippos than Harry. Darry sweated when he lifted 2645 fewer hippos than Barry. How many obese hippos did they lift altogether?

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Question 4

Gary could balance anything on his tongue. Last night, he balanced 529 typewriters on his tongue. He also balanced 1987 more slimy snakes than typewriters. With the audience cheering him on, he finally balanced 208 fewer cackling grandmothers than snakes. How many typewriters, snakes and grandmothers did Gary balance?

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Question 5

When Gary went back home after his show, he was shocked to see 8875 birds, mermaids and crocodiles frolicking in his hot tub. If there were 1356 mermaids and 2517 birds, how many crocodiles were there?

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Question 6

I went to a pet shop and spent $12,000 on a flying horse, a math chicken and a cooking cougar. If the flying horse cost $5362 and the cooking cougar cost $2448, how much was the math chicken worth?

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Question 7

Miguel Mexican had a ranch with 11,500 strong stallions, sweet mares and cute foals. If there were 3895 stallions and 6479 mares, how many foals did he have?

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Question 8

I screamed in horror when I woke up in the middle of the night. A hideous fruit monster was staring at me. Instead of hair, the monster had 16,400 juicy papayas, thorny durians and prickly pineapples growing out of its head. Before the monster could catch me, I counted 4877 papayas and 5599 durians. I killed the monster and had a fruit feast with my friends. How many pineapples did the fruit monster have?

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Question 9

13,000 mobsters in Chicago broke into Primate Bank and attempted to steal the golden bananas in the treasury. Three brave security guards, Charlie Chimp, Joshua Gorilla and Ethan Orangutan gunned down all the evil mobsters until none was left standing. Charlie Chimp killed 2746 mobsters. Joshua Gorilla killed 1891 more mobsters than Charlie Chimp. How many mobsters did Ethan Orangutan kill?

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Question 10

When disgusting Dagobert began picking his left nostril, he was flabbergasted when some diamonds fell out. He began picking his left nostril in earnest and collected 1288 sparkling diamonds. He then continued picking away at his right nostril and collected 456 more diamonds than his left nostril. After that, he picked merrily away at his left ear and collected some lovely diamonds there too. But before he could start on his right ear, his mother slapped him. By that time he had collected a total of 14600 diamonds. How many diamonds did he collect from his left ear?

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Question 11

Perry Pelican is a great sushi chef. He worked very hard chopping up 15,000 huge whales, snarling sharks and cute mermaids for his dinner guests. If he chopped up 4698 whales, and 1273 more sharks than whales, how many mermaids did his guests feast on?

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Question 12

Wilfred Vampire entered a blood bank and stole 9,000 liters of blood. He brought it home and shared it with Hilda Hag and Henrietta Harpy. Hilda Hag guzzled down 2677 liters. Henrietta Harpy slurped up 248 less liters than Hilda Hag. How much blood did Wilfred Vampire get to suck up through his straw?

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Question 13

Captain Cutthroat and his crew of pirates raided a ship and stole $8900 worth of rubies, emeralds and sapphires. The rubies were worth $4521. The emeralds were worth $3519 less than the rubies. Which were worth more, the rubies or the sapphires? How much more?

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Question 14

I was driving in Madagascar last Sunday when I saw 14,000 lions, flamingoes and warthogs in a waterhole. The 3245 lions were taking a bath. There were 1873 more flamingos than lions in the waterhole. They were fishing. The warthogs were washing their dirty nappies. Were there more warthogs or flamingos in the waterhole? How many more?

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Question 15

Police Officer Pierce was enraged when 3 annoying apes grabbed his donuts and fled in their motorcycles. Pierce chased them with his police car. When he finally caught up with them, he riddled them with 9876 bullets. He shot the giggling gibbon 4184 times. He shot the cheeky chimp 1248 more times than the gibbon. Which animal was riddled with more bullets, the giggling gibbon or the gibbering gorilla? And by how many more?

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Question 16

When I entered my granny's room last night, there were 8722 fiendish creatures wrestling with my granny on the carpet. 2416 ghouls were nibbling on my granny's ears. There were 1497 more vampires than ghouls. They had sunk their fangs into her toes and were sucking her blood noisily. The third group of creatures, the werewolves, was attempting to pull my granny's dentures out of her mouth. Were there more ghouls or werewolves in the room? How many more?

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Question 17

Ginny and Jenny were twins. Their father gave Ginny 9 fewer headless Barbie dolls than Jenny on their birthday. He gave Jenny 11 Barbie dolls.
(a) How many Barbie dolls did the girls get altogether?
(b) If each Barbie doll was worth $3, how much did their doting father spend?

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Question 18

While I was walking in the woods last Sunday I came across the corpse of a hunter. When I peered at the smelly corpse, I saw 5 green flies hovering over the body. There were 4 more blue flies than green flies there too. To my horror, the flies then proceeded to lay 5 eggs each in the gaping mouth of the corpse.
(a) How many flies were there?
(a) How many revolting eggs were there altogether?

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Question 19

Susmita had a unicorn farm. There were 6 white unicorns. She also had 6 more pink unicorns than white unicorns. A troll broke into her farm one night and tore the white unicorns into 7 pieces each and the pink unicorns into 9 pieces each.
(a) How many unicorns were there altogether before they were torn apart?
(b) When poor Susmita woke up in the morning how many pieces of unicorn parts did she see altogether?

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Question 20

A vampire kept breaking into my house so I dashed to a shop and bought 19 garlic bulbs, and 11 fewer stakes than garlic bulbs. Each garlic bulb cost $4, and each stake cost $7.
(a) How many stakes and garlic bulbs did I buy altogether?
(b) How much money did I spend altogether?

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Answers To Third Grade Math Worksheet 2

Q1 - 1,724; Q2 - 8,119; Q3 - 7,830; Q4 - 5,353; Q5 - 5,002

Q6 - $4,190; Q7 - 1,126; Q8 - 5,924; Q9 - 5,617; Q10 - 11,568

Q11 - 4,331; Q12 - 3,894 liters; Q13 - Rubies by $1,144;

Q14 - Warthogs by 519; Q15 - Gibbon by 3,924

Q16 - Ghouls by 23; Q17 - (a) 13 (b) $39; Q18 - (a) 14 (b) 70

Q19 - (a) 18 (b) 150; Q20 - (a) 27 (b) $132

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