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 9 muffins on each tray. It sells 3 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
3Kai saves $9 each week for 2 weeks, then spends $6 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Kai have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4A library has 59 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 7 books in each box. Then it lends out 9 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
5Jamal's book has 70 pages. Jamal reads 3 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
6A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 6 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
7A farm collects 72 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
8Ben saves $9 each week for 2 weeks, then spends $6 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ben have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9A library has 184 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 34 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
10A theater has 5 rows with 5 seats in each row. 5 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
11Lily's book has 40 pages. Lily reads 3 pages a day for 3 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
12A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 9 muffins on each tray. It sells 10 muffins in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 19 muffins
- 2. 15 pencils
- 3. 12 dollars
- 4. 78 books
- 5. 55 pages
- 6. 16 muffins
- 7. 3 cartons
- 8. 12 dollars
- 9. 175 books
- 10. 20 seats
- 11. 31 pages
- 12. 33 muffins
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