CBSE Class 3 Mathematics Subtraction Worksheet Set B

Question. The value of – = ?  

(a) 10 tnes
(b) 12 Ones
(c) 13 hundreds
(d) 20 ones
Answer : (B) 1627 – 1615 = 12

Question. What will be replaced by letter ‘a’ in the following subtraction?

(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 9
Answer : D

Question. A container contains 45873 mangoes and another container contains 38765 mangoes.
Find the difference of both the containers.
(a) 7108
(b) 7026
(c) 7027
(d) 7099
Answer : (A) Difference of mangoes in both the containers = 45873 – 38765 = 7108

Question. Which numbers complete the pattern?
6 – 5 = _____
60 – 50 = _____
600 - 500 = ______
(a) 1, 11, 111
(b) 1, 10, 100
(c) 11, 110, 111
(d) 10, 110, 111
Answer : (B) 6 – 5 = 1
60 – 50 = 10
600 - 500 = 100

Question. What should be subtracted from 564783 to get 23765?
(a) 541018
(b) 556743
(c) 512502
(d) 625020
Answer : A

Question. Subtract: 4 dozen of bananas from 12 dozen of bananas.
(a) 4 dozen of bananas
(b) 8 dozen of bananas
(c) 12 dozen of bananas
(d) 16 dozen of bananas
Answer : (B) As 12 do zens – 4 dozens = 8 dozens

Question. Anjali’s present age is 9 years. Her brother was born when she was 5 years old.
What is her brother’s age now?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 5
Answer : (C) As 9 – 5 = 4 So, Anjali’s brother is 4 years old

Question. Match the following:

     A      B      C     D
(a) 1      2      3      4
(b) 3      1      4      2
(c) 2      3      1      4
(d) 4      1      2      3
Answer : (D) 99 - 45 = 54 = 88 - 34
66 - 21= 45 = 70 - 25
78 - 49 = 29 = 99 - 70
50 - 34= 16 = 67 - 51

Question. Which numbers complete the pattern?
9 – 4 = _____
90 – 40 = _____
900 - 400 = ______
(a) 5, 50, 550
(b) 5, 500, 550
(c) 5, 50, 500
(d) 5, 55, 550
Answer : (C) 9 – 4 = 5
90 – 40 = 50
900 - 400 = 500

Question. If A = 25 + 7825, and B = 4525 + 75, find the difference between A and B.
(a) 3150
(b) 3350
(c) 3250
(d) 3650
Answer : (C) A = 25 + 7825 = 7850
B = 4525 + 75 = 4600
Then, A – B = 7850 – 4600 = 3250

Question. Difference between two number is 400. If one of the numbers is 300 greater than 600, find the other number.
(a) 200
(b) 300
(c) 400
(d) 500
Answer : (D) One number = 300 + 600 = 900 and difference of two number = 400.
So, other number = 500

Question. There are two villages. In first village, total number of men is 1085 and total number women is 1000. In second village, total number of men is 1200 and total number women is 1150. Find the total population of these two villages.
(a) 4035
(b) 4435
(c) 4405
(d) 5050
Answer : (B) Total population in first village = 1085 + 1000 = 2085
Total population in second village = 1200 + 1150 = 2350
Then, total population in both villages = 2085 + 2350 = 4435

Question. Match the following:

     A      B      C     D
(a) 1      2      3      4
(b) 3      1      4      2
(c) 2      3      1      4
(d) 4      1      2      3
Answer : D

Question. Look at the diagram below: How many people like apples as well as oranges ?

(a) 2
(b) 9
(c) 5
(d) 17
Answer : (B) 9 people like apples as well as oranges.

Question. How many people like Mangoes as well as oranges.
(a) 2
(b) 9
(c) 5
(d) 22
Answer : (C) 5 people like mangoes as well as oranges

Question. Rahul obtained a number by subtracting 1459 from 4195. Which one of the following digits is at the hundreds place in the number obtained by Rahul?
(a) 2
(b) 7
(c) 3
(d) 6
Answer : B

Question. Look at the table below. What is rule for the table?

(a) Subtract 10
(b) Subtract 15
(c) Subtract 16
(d) Subtract 25
Answer : (B) 345 – 15 = 330
456 – 15 = 441
789 – 15 = 774
910 – 15 = 895

Question. Look at the table below. What is rule for the table?

(a) Subtract 4
(b) Subtract 1
(c) Subtract 3
(d) Subtract 2
Answer : (D) 67 – 2 = 65
78 – 2 = 76
84 – 2 = 82
99 – 2 = 97

Question. Fill in the table below. The rule is to subtract 13 from each term

(a) 771, 644
(b) 761, 644
(c) 761, 634
(d) 761, 634
Answer : (A) 784 – 13 = 771
657 – 13 = 644

Question. Fill in the table below. The rule is to subtract 9 from each term.

(a) 37, 0
(b) 47, 1
(c) 47, 0
(d) 37, 1
Answer : (C) 56 – 9 = 47
9 – 9 =0

Question. What should be subtracted from 7L 500 mL to get 3L 700 mL? (2016)
(a) 2L 300 mL
(b) 3L 200 mL
(c) 5L 200 mL
(d) 3L 800 mL
Answer : D

Question. A book shop sold 50 books on Tuesday. It was 15 more than the number of books sold on Monday. How many books were sold on Monday?

(a) 45 books
(b) 35 books
(c) 65 books
(d) 55 books
Answer : (B) Number of books sold on Monday = 50 -15 = 35 books

Question. Amit is driving from Delhi to Lucknow. He drove 175 km and then stopped for lunch at a restaurant on the way. If the distance between Delhi and Lucknow is 407 km,
how much more does Amit need to drive?
(a) 232 km
(b) 212 km
(c) 332 km
(d) 312 km
Answer : (A) 407 – 175 = 232 km.

Question. Shreya has 321 stamps. This is 115 more than the number of stamps Akhil has.
How many stamps does Akhil have?
(a) 216 stamps
(b) 436 stamps
(c) 206 stamps
(d) 426 stamps
Answer : (C) 321 – 115 = 206 stamps

Question. Varun and Raj have 159 postcards altogether. Varun has 112 postcards. How many postcards does Raj has?
(a) 37
(b) 47
(c) 27
(d) 57
Answer : (B) Raj has = 159 – 112 = 47 postcards

Question. Sarah went to the market. She bought vegetables for ₹ 240/-. She gave ₹ 500/- to the shopkeeper. How much change will the shopkeeper return?
(a) ₹ 740/-
(b) ₹ 640/-
(c) ₹ 270/-
(d) ₹ 260/-
Answer : (D) 500 – 240 = ` 260/-

Question. Ravi and Rishi wrote a total of 678 words. If Ravi wrote 253 words, how many words did Rishi write?
(a) 425 words
(b) 525 words
(c) 931 words
(d) 831 words
Answer : (A) 678 – 253 = 425

Question. Parul painted 87 pots blue. This is 29 more than the number of red pots she painted. How many pots did Parul paint red?
(a) 116
(b) 58
(c) 106
(d) 48
Answer : (B) 87 – 29 = 58

Question. In a bag, there are green and yellow balls. The bag has a total of 789 balls out of which 420 are green. How many yellow balls are there in the bag?
(a) 259
(b) 359
(c) 369
(d) 269
Answer : (C) 789 – 420 = 369

Question. Pooja walks 320 m from her house to the park. She walks in the park and then returned back home. If Pooja walked a total of 987 m today, how much did she walk in the park?
(a) 667 m
(b) 657 m
(c) 327 m
(d) 347 m
Answer : (D) 320 + 320 + x = 987
987 – 640 = 347 m

Question. The remainder when 780 is divided by 9 is .
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 6
(d) 4
Answer : C

Question. There are 725 books in a book shop. On a particular day there was a sale of 126 books. How many books are left in the shop?
(a) 600
(b) 699
(c) 599
(d) 589
Answer : (C) 725 – 126 = 599

Question. There are 600 students in a preschool. On a particular day, 478 stduents agreed to go for a field trip. How many students did not agree to go?
(a) 978
(b) 878
(c) 222
(d) 122
Answer : (D) 600 – 478 = 122

Question. Arnav got an ice cream for ₹ 12/-. He paid ₹ 50/- to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper did not have exact change and hence asked Arnav to buy another ice cream for ₹ 8/-. Arnav happily bought the ice cream. How much money did the shopkeeper return?

(a) ₹ 38/-
(b) ₹ 30/-
(c) ₹ 42/-
(d) ₹ 20/-
Answer : (B) 12 + 8 = 20
50 – 20 = 30

Question. Suman was playing snakes and ladder with her father. She got the number 5 on throwing the dice. After moving 5 paces she reached number 87, where a snake slipped her to number 23. On which number was Suman positioned before her turn?

(a) 82
(b) 81
(c) 92
(d) 91
Answer : (A) 87 – 5 = 82

Question. Find the value of A and B respectively
    5   A  1  2
-  2   2   1  B
   2   8   9  6
(a) A = 6 and B = 1
(b) A = 1 and B = 6
(c) A = 5 and B = 3
(d) A = 3 and B = 5
Answer : B

Question. State whether the following statements are True or False.
A. 456 – 98 is same as 659 – 301.
B. If we subtract 56 from 678 we get 612.
C. If we subtract 8 from 87 we get 79.
D. 123 – 113 is same as 567 – 557.
(a) TFTF
(b) TFTT
(c) TFFF
(d) TTFF
Answer : (B) A. 456 – 98 = 301 = 659 – 301.
B. 678 – 56 = 622
C. 87 – 8 = 79
D. 123 – 113 = 10 = 567 – 557.

Question. State whether the following statements are True or False.
A. 59 – 45 is same as 77 - 23.
B. If we subtract 134 from 789 we get 655.
C. If we subtract 556 from 777 we get 212.
D. 68 – 67 is 1 less than 89 – 88
(a) FFTT
(b) TTFF
(c) FTFT
(d) TFTF
Answer : (C) A. 59 - 45 = 14; 77 – 23 = 54.
B. 789 – 134 = 655
C. 777 – 556 = 221
D. 68 – 67 = 1; 89– 88 =1

Question. The table below shows the number of trees Shikha planted in an orchard in a week.

How many more trees did Shikha plant on Friday than on Sunday?
(a) 11
(b) 22
(c) 21
(d) 12
Answer : (B) 77 – 55 = 22

Question. Look at the number grid given below.

Ravi starts from number 50. He takes 11 steps backward. On which number will she reach?
(a) 38
(b) 37
(c) 39
(d) 36
Answer : (C) 50 – 11 = 39

Question. Look at the number grid given in the above question.
Shikha starts from number 33. How many steps will she have to take backwards to reach number 27?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 6
Answer : (D) 33 – 27 = 6

Question. Sameer and Richa have 34 stamps each. Sameer gives 10 stamps to Richa. What is the difference between their stamps now?
(a) 20 stamps
(b) 15 stamps
(c) 10 stamps
(d) 25 stamps
Answer : (A) Richa has 34 + 10 = 44 stamps
Sameer has 34 – 10 = 24 stamps
44 – 24 = 20 stamps. Sameer has 20 stamps less than Richa.

Question. Which number will we get if we subtract the smallest two digit number from the largest two digit number?
(a) 48
(b) 89
(c) 11
(d) 99
Answer : B

Question. Find the value of Q – P.
    6  P   9   2
− 4   8   7  Q
   1  9   1   4
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3
Answer : (A) Q = 8, P = 7
So Q – P = 8 – 7 = 1

Question. Which one of the following is correct about the subtraction of Z from the sum of N and P?
(a) (N + Z) – P
(b) (N + P) – Z
(c) N – (P – Z)
(d) All the these
Answer : B

Question. The difference between the smallest and the greatest four digit number formed by the given digits, using each digit only once is ...........................
9 7 8 5
(a) 4098
(b) 4198
(c) 4886
(d) 4086
Answer : D

Solve the following questions.

A) Subtract:

a) 5432 – 2311
Th H T O

b) 8732 – 3489
Th H T O

B) Solve:

i) 458 – 0 =_____

ii) 349 – 10 =_____

iii) 6754 – 100 =______

iv) 4532 – 32 + 32 =______

Who am I?

If you subtract me from 90 you get 30. Who am I? ______

If you add me to 20 you get 55. Who am I? _______

If you subtract me from 18 you get me. Who am I? ______

If you subtract me from 40 you get 15. Who am I? ______

Subtract:

a) 5674-4579

Th H T O

b) 8976-8534

Th H T O

1. Miss Lindberg travelled 2,103 miles. Ms. Torres travelled 2,345 miles. How much farther did Ms. Torres travel than Ms. Lindberg? Which operation do we use to solve this problem. (a) Addition (b) Subtraction (c)Division (d) Multiplication

More Question

I) Fill in the blanks:

1) When we subtract one from the smallest 4 digit number we get__________________

2) The result of the subtraction problem is called the ________________________

3) 1425 - ________________ = 0

4) 2345 - 1000 = _________________

5) 100 less than 9000 is ______________

6) 8465 - 4102 = _______________

7) 4275 - __________ = 4275

8) The difference between the smallest 4 digit number and largest 3 digit number is _________________

9) 1 less than 3000= ___________________

10) The number to be subtracted is called ___________________

II) Choose the correct answer

a) We always ________________a smaller number from a bigger number. (subtract, add , multiply)

b) 3200 - 200=___________ (3000, 3400, 3220)

c) 10 less than 900 = _____________ (899, 890, 799)

d) 8000 - _____________ = 8000 (0, 8000, 1)

e) 9874 - ________________ = 9873 (1, 0, 9874)

III) Write True or False

1) When we subtract a number from itself the answer is always the number itself. _________

2) Ten subtracted from fifty is sixty ______________

3) The difference between the place value and face value of the digit 8 in 8976 is zero. ________________

4) 3200 - 200 is 3000 _________________

5) 1000 - 1 is 9999 _________________

6) If addition and subtraction are given together , we always subtract first and then add _______________

IV) Solve the following

1) 7975 - 5870 2) 8530 - 1256

3) Subtract 2167 from 6905 4) Subtract 2125 from 4000

4) 4426 + (3512 - 2401)

5) 3576 - 2348 + 3876

6) 2456 + 1030 - 2598

V) Word Problems

1) Mr. Sharma earns Rs 8690 per month. If he spends Rs 2910 per month, How much is his savings per month?

2) A school library had 7812 books. 436 torn books were thrown away. How many books does the library have now?

3) The population of a village is 4837. 2989 of them are males. Find the population of females.

1. If the minuend and subtrahend are equal, then the difference will be equals to ___.

More Question

Q1. Subtract:

a) 4356 – 2358 b) 8732 - 3499
   Th H T O             Th H T O

c) 3456 – 587 d) 9832 – 675
    Th H T O         Th H T O

Q2. Solve:

a) 458 – 0 =____

b) 347 – 10=____

c) 6798 – 100=______

d) 4328 – 1000=_____

e) 456 – 36 +36 =_____