πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 3 muffins on each tray. It sells 2 muffins in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2A farm collects 72 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
3A farm collects 84 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
4A library has 34 books. It gets 5 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
5A theater has 3 rows with 3 seats in each row. 2 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
6Zoe has 7 stickers and buys 2 packs with 4 stickers in each pack. Zoe shares all the stickers equally among 5 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
7A theater has 2 rows with 3 seats in each row. 3 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
8A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 5 pencils in each box. It gives 6 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
9Jamal's book has 63 pages. Jamal reads 8 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
10Tickets to the zoo cost $7 for a grown-up and $3 for a kid. A group buys 5 grown-up tickets and 2 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11A theater has 6 rows with 2 seats in each row. 7 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
12Lily's book has 85 pages. Lily reads 9 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 5 muffins
- 2. 3 cartons
- 3. 5 cartons
- 4. 10 books
- 5. 7 seats
- 6. 3 stickers
- 7. 3 seats
- 8. 2 pencils
- 9. 23 pages
- 10. 41 dollars
- 11. 5 seats
- 12. 49 pages
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