Grade 3 Mathematics Exam
Name: _____________________ Score: ______/40
Topic: Addition & Subtraction with/without Regrouping; Estimating Sums and Differences
Time: 1 hour
A. Computation (Items 1–20)
1. 236 + 415 = ______
2. 854 – 629 = ______
3. 73 + 58 = ______
4. 402 – 298 = ______
5. 615 + 287 = ______
6. 900 – 475 = ______
7. 7,236 + 1,452 = ______
8. 8,000 – 3,526 = ______
9. 399 + 427 = ______
10. 501 – 376 = ______
11. 3,215 + 1,768 = ______
12. 2,004 – 1,236 = ______
13. 427 + 589 = ______
14. 1,000 – 628 = ______
15. 852 + 469 = ______
16. 750 – 386 = ______
17. 6,249 + 3,715 = ______
18. 5,001 – 2,678 = ______
19. 429 + 78 = ______
20. 305 – 127 = ______
B. Matching Type (Items 21–30)
Match Column A with the best estimate in Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer.
Column A
Column B
21. 456 + 233
a. about 160
22. 879 – 367
b. about 500
23. 128 + 341
c. about 700
24. 703 – 295
d. about 1,200
25. 615 + 287
e. about 900
26. 432 – 189
f. about 2,700
27. 1,236 + 1,467
g. about 400
28. 5,841 – 2,097
h. about 300
29. 92 + 66
i. about 800
30. 1,005 – 487
j. about 600
C. Word Problems (Items 31–40)
31. Maria collected 348 shells on Monday and 276 on Tuesday. How many shells did she
collect in all?
32. A store had 785 apples. They sold 438. How many apples are left?
33. Ben read 125 pages last week and 238 pages this week. How many pages did he read in
total?
34. A factory produced 1,265 toys in January and 987 toys in February. How many toys
altogether?
35. There are 642 students in the morning session and 587 in the afternoon. How many
students are there in total?
36. A library had 1,500 books. After a sale, 648 books remained. How many were sold?
37. Ella bought a bag for ₱725 and shoes for ₱489. About how much did she spend in all?
(estimate)
38. There are 935 seats in a hall. About how many are left if about 478 are occupied?
(estimate)
39. A farmer harvested 3,246 mangoes and sold 2,589. How many mangoes are left?
40. Ryan saved ₱1,250 in January and ₱1,375 in February. How much did he save in total?
Answer Key
A. Computation 24. g
1. 651
25. e
2. 225
26. a
3. 131
27. d
4. 104
28. f
5. 902
29. a
6. 425
30. b
7. 8,688
C. Word Problems
8. 4,474 31. 624
9. 826 32. 347
10. 125 33. 363
11. 4,983 34. 2,252
12. 768 35. 1,229
13. 1,016 36. 852
14. 372 37. about ₱1,200
15. 1,321 38. about 500
16. 364 39. 657
17. 9,964 40. 2,625
18. 2,323
19. 507
20. 178
B. Matching Type
21. c
22. b
23. g