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 6 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 7 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2A farm collects 168 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
3A theater has 8 rows with 4 seats in each row. 27 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
4A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
5Lily has 4 stickers and buys 3 packs with 2 stickers in each pack. Lily shares all the stickers equally among 2 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6Maya saves $4 each week for 2 weeks, then spends $3 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Maya have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7Tickets to the zoo cost $14 for a grown-up and $2 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8Lily saves $4 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $3 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Lily have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 5 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
10Maya saves $2 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $2 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Maya have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11A library has 27 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 32 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
12A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 7 muffins on each tray. It sells 9 muffins in the morning and 8 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 5 muffins
- 2. 9 cartons
- 3. 5 seats
- 4. 2 pencils
- 5. 5 stickers
- 6. 5 dollars
- 7. 52 dollars
- 8. 17 dollars
- 9. 4 pencils
- 10. 4 dollars
- 11. 5 books
- 12. 4 muffins
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