πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Tickets to the zoo cost $15 for a grown-up and $8 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 4 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
2A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 7 muffins on each tray. It sells 4 muffins in the morning and 17 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A theater has 8 rows with 5 seats in each row. 4 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
4Ana saves $8 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $25 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ana have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
5A theater has 7 rows with 4 seats in each row. 15 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
6A library has 64 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 78 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
7A bakery makes 2 trays of muffins with 4 muffins on each tray. It sells 3 muffins in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
8A farm collects 168 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
9A theater has 8 rows with 2 seats in each row. 12 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
10Tickets to the zoo cost $10 for a grown-up and $2 for a kid. A group buys 4 grown-up tickets and 3 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11A library has 52 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 8 books in each box. Then it lends out 63 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
12Rosa's book has 46 pages. Rosa reads 3 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 77 dollars
- 2. 14 muffins
- 3. 36 seats
- 4. 7 dollars
- 5. 13 seats
- 6. 4 books
- 7. 2 muffins
- 8. 9 cartons
- 9. 4 seats
- 10. 46 dollars
- 11. 5 books
- 12. 40 pages
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