πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 2 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
2Mei's book has 32 pages. Mei reads 3 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3A bakery makes 2 trays of muffins with 9 muffins on each tray. It sells 7 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
4A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 4 muffins in the morning and 23 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
5Zoe saves $5 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $9 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Zoe have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6Ana saves $5 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $12 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ana have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
8A farm collects 72 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
9Sam's book has 48 pages. Sam reads 4 pages a day for 3 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
10A farm collects 132 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
11Ben's book has 23 pages. Ben reads 4 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
12A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 9 muffins in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 2 pencils
- 2. 26 pages
- 3. 6 muffins
- 4. 5 muffins
- 5. 6 dollars
- 6. 3 dollars
- 7. 30 pencils
- 8. 2 cartons
- 9. 36 pages
- 10. 7 cartons
- 11. 15 pages
- 12. 28 muffins
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