πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Tickets to the zoo cost $9 for a grown-up and $2 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 2 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
2A farm collects 156 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 9 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
3Omar has 6 stickers and buys 5 packs with 2 stickers in each pack. Omar shares all the stickers equally among 2 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
4A bakery makes 2 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 8 muffins in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
5Tickets to the zoo cost $9 for a grown-up and $5 for a kid. A group buys 4 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6A theater has 7 rows with 3 seats in each row. 17 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
7A farm collects 120 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
8Tickets to the zoo cost $7 for a grown-up and $4 for a kid. A group buys 4 grown-up tickets and 2 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9A library has 200 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 62 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
10Ben saves $6 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $13 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ben have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 2 muffins on each tray. It sells 2 muffins in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
12A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 6 pencils in each box. It gives 7 pencils to each of 2 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 31 dollars
- 2. 4 cartons
- 3. 8 stickers
- 4. 6 muffins
- 5. 61 dollars
- 6. 4 seats
- 7. 8 cartons
- 8. 36 dollars
- 9. 168 books
- 10. 5 dollars
- 11. 2 muffins
- 12. 4 pencils
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