📘 Class 3 Mathematics – Word Problem MCQs with Answers
1. Ravi has 12 apples. He gives 5 apples to his friend. How many apples are left?
A) 6
B) 7
C) 5
D) 8
Answer: B) 7
2. A bus has 36 seats. 18 seats are occupied. How many seats are empty?
A) 16
B) 18
C) 20
D) 17
Answer: B) 18
3. A shop has 24 pencils. If 6 pencils are sold, how many pencils remain?
A) 16
B) 18
C) 20
D) 17
Answer: B) 18
4. There are 5 boxes. Each box has 6 oranges. How many oranges are there in total?
A) 30
B) 25
C) 35
D) 28
Answer: A) 30
5. A farmer has 50 cows. He sells 15 cows. How many cows are left?
A) 35
B) 36
C) 34
D) 30
Answer: A) 35
6. Rani has 7 candies. Her mother gives her 8 more. How many candies does she have now?
A) 14
B) 15
C) 16
D) 17
Answer: B) 15
7. There are 40 students in a class. 18 are boys. How many are girls?
A) 20
B) 22
C) 21
D) 19
Answer: B) 22
8. A packet contains 12 chocolates. How many chocolates are there in 5 packets?
A) 55
B) 60
C) 50
D) 65
Answer: B) 60
9. A book has 120 pages. Ravi reads 35 pages. How many pages are left to read?
A) 85
B) 80
C) 75
D) 90
Answer: A) 85
10. A basket has 9 apples. Each child takes 3 apples. How many children can take apples?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Answer: B) 3
11. There are 25 chairs in a room. 7 chairs are broken. How many chairs are usable?
A) 17
B) 18
C) 19
D) 20
Answer: C) 18 ✅
(Correction: 25 – 7 = 18, Answer C) 18)
12. A pen costs ₹8. How much will 5 pens cost?
A) ₹38
B) ₹40
C) ₹42
D) ₹45
Answer: B) ₹40
13. There are 45 mangoes. 15 mangoes are rotten. How many are good?
A) 25
B) 30
C) 28
D) 35
Answer: B) 30
14. A boy has 7 marbles. He buys 8 more marbles. How many marbles does he have now?
A) 14
B) 15
C) 16
D) 17
Answer: B) 15
15. A farmer has 12 cows and 8 goats. How many animals are there in total?
A) 18
B) 20
C) 19
D) 21
Answer: B) 20
16. A train has 120 passengers. 35 passengers get down. How many passengers remain?
A) 85
B) 90
C) 80
D) 95
Answer: A) 85
17. A shop sells 6 pencils in a pack. How many pencils are there in 7 packs?
A) 42
B) 41
C) 43
D) 45
Answer: A) 42
18. A bag contains 50 apples. 8 apples are rotten. How many apples are good?
A) 40
B) 42
C) 43
D) 44
Answer: B) 42
19. A boy bought 15 chocolates. He ate 7 chocolates. How many are left?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 6
Answer: B) 8
20. There are 24 students. They are divided into groups of 6. How many groups are there?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
Answer: B) 4
21. A box has 12 balls. How many balls are there in 9 boxes?
A) 100
B) 108
C) 110
D) 120
Answer: B) 108
22. A boy has ₹50. He buys a toy for ₹28. How much money is left?
A) ₹20
B) ₹22
C) ₹23
D) ₹24
Answer: B) ₹22
23. There are 7 birds on a tree. 3 more birds come. How many birds are there now?
A) 9
B) 10
C) 11
D) 12
Answer: C) 10 ✅ (Correction: 7 + 3 = 10, Answer C) 10)
24. A school has 120 students. 55 are boys. How many are girls?
A) 65
B) 60
C) 70
D) 55
Answer: A) 65
25. There are 20 pencils. Each pencil costs ₹2. What is the total cost?
A) ₹30
B) ₹35
C) ₹40
D) ₹45
Answer: C) ₹40
26. A man has 48 candies. He distributes them equally among 8 children. How many candies does each child get?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Answer: B) 6
27. A basket has 50 oranges. 10 oranges are eaten. How many oranges remain?
A) 35
B) 40
C) 45
D) 42
Answer: B) 40
28. A boy has 6 boxes. Each box has 7 chocolates. How many chocolates are there?
A) 40
B) 42
C) 44
D) 46
Answer: B) 42
29. There are 30 chairs. 12 are broken. How many chairs are usable?
A) 16
B) 17
C) 18
D) 19
Answer: C) 18
30. A pen costs ₹5. How much will 9 pens cost?
A) ₹40
B) ₹45
C) ₹50
D) ₹55
Answer: B) ₹45
31. A box contains 20 balls. 8 balls are red. How many are not red?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 14
D) 15
Answer: B) 12
32. There are 48 apples. They are packed equally in 6 bags. How many apples in each bag?
A) 6
B) 7
C) 8
D) 9
Answer: C) 8
33. A boy had ₹100. He buys a book for ₹35. How much money is left?
A) ₹65
B) ₹60
C) ₹70
D) ₹75
Answer: A) ₹65
34. There are 8 rows of chairs. Each row has 6 chairs. How many chairs are there in total?
A) 48
B) 44
C) 50
D) 46
Answer: A) 48
35. A toy costs ₹12. How much will 7 toys cost?
A) ₹78
B) ₹84
C) ₹80
D) ₹85
Answer: B) ₹84
36. A man bought 24 apples. He gave 8 apples to his friend. How many apples are left?
A) 14
B) 15
C) 16
D) 17
Answer: C) 16
37. There are 36 students. They are divided into groups of 6. How many groups are there?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Answer: B) 6
38. A packet has 18 chocolates. How many chocolates are there in 4 packets?
A) 70
B) 72
C) 75
D) 78
Answer: B) 72
39. A man has 50 candies. He gives 15 to his friend. How many candies are left?
A) 35
B) 36
C) 34
D) 30
Answer: A) 35