Advanced Mathematics Primary 3 Addition and Subtraction

The school bookshop sold 463 books in January and 279 books in February. In March, 185 books were returned. How many books does the bookshop have altogether after March?

A 557
B 547
C 567
D 643
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Step 1 Add January and February sales: 463 + 279 = 742. Step 2 Subtract returned books: 742 − 185. Ones: 2 − 5 → borrow: 12 − 5 = 7. Tens: 3 − 8 → borrow: 13 − 8 = 5. Hundreds: 6 − 1 = 5. Result = 557. Answer: 557

Correct answer: 557

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