πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 7 rows with 4 seats in each row. 21 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A theater has 7 rows with 2 seats in each row. 11 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
3A bakery makes 2 trays of muffins with 7 muffins on each tray. It sells 5 muffins in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
4A library has 184 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 7 books in each box. Then it lends out 81 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
5Aiden's book has 43 pages. Aiden reads 5 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
6Omar's book has 38 pages. Omar reads 8 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 7 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
8A farm collects 156 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
9Leo's book has 66 pages. Leo reads 3 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
10Ben's book has 47 pages. Ben reads 5 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
11A school buys 2 boxes of pencils with 5 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
12A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 8 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 7 seats
- 2. 3 seats
- 3. 6 muffins
- 4. 117 books
- 5. 18 pages
- 6. 6 pages
- 7. 15 pencils
- 8. 10 cartons
- 9. 60 pages
- 10. 37 pages
- 11. 2 pencils
- 12. 30 pencils
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