Mental Maths and Word Problems: Give and Take - Class 3 Maths Worksheet
Use smart mental tricks like adding 99, doubling, halving and making a ten. Share fairly by giving and taking, and solve two-step word problems with football numbers.
Learning Objective
Add and subtract mentally using near numbers, doubles, halves and making a ten, balance two numbers by giving and taking, and solve two-step word problems.
Skills Practised
- Near numbers
- Doubles and halves
- Making a ten
- Give and take
- Missing number
- Two-step word problems
Preview Questions
Q1. The academy has 364 footballs. The coach brings 50 more footballs. How many footballs does the academy have now?
- 414
- 424
- 404
- 314
Q2. A club library has 356 football storybooks. The players borrow 100 of them. How many books are left?
- 246
- 256
- 266
- 156
Q3. Kush works out 285 + 99 by adding 100 and then taking away 1. What is 285 + 99?
- 374
- 385
- 394
- 384
Interactive Story Mission
Join Coach and Pariskhit for a 10-minute football training story. Children work through 12 activities with big buttons, kind feedback, hints when they get stuck, and a badge and stars at the end.
- Add Fifty: Add 5 tens.
- Take Away a Hundred: Drag the answer into the goal.
- Nearly a Hundred: Add 100, then take away 1.
- Take Away 99: Drag the answer into the goal.
- Make a Ten: Make a ten first.
- Doubles: Double the number.
- How Many to 100?: Find what makes 100.
- Half of Sixty: Drag the answer into the goal.
- Times Ten: Think about groups of ten.
- Give and Take: Make the two numbers equal.
- Missing Number: Drag the missing number into the goal.
- Two Steps: Do it one step at a time.
Note for Parents & Teachers
This follows the NCERT Class 3 chapter "Give and Take". To add 99, add 100 and take away 1. To make two numbers equal, give half of the difference. At home, ask quick questions like "What is 47 + 99?" and talk about the trick your child used.