πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 48 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 49 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2Nora's book has 33 pages. Nora reads 4 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3Jamal saves $9 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $16 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Jamal have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4A theater has 6 rows with 4 seats in each row. 5 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
5A farm collects 48 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6Tickets to the zoo cost $8 for a grown-up and $5 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7A farm collects 60 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
8A library has 71 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 3 books in each box. Then it lends out 39 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
9A farm collects 156 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 7 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
10A theater has 2 rows with 3 seats in each row. 2 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
11Sam's book has 99 pages. Sam reads 9 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
12A farm collects 108 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 9 books
- 2. 13 pages
- 3. 29 dollars
- 4. 19 seats
- 5. 2 cartons
- 6. 49 dollars
- 7. 3 cartons
- 8. 44 books
- 9. 6 cartons
- 10. 4 seats
- 11. 54 pages
- 12. 5 cartons
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