πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 37 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 8 books in each box. Then it lends out 18 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A theater has 7 rows with 5 seats in each row. 25 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
3A farm collects 72 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
4A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 14 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
5A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 2 muffins on each tray. It sells 3 muffins in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
6A farm collects 48 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
7A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 3 muffins on each tray. It sells 7 muffins in the morning and 6 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
8A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 11 muffins in the morning and 9 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
9A farm collects 180 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 10 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
10Ana saves $7 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $2 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ana have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11A theater has 7 rows with 2 seats in each row. 9 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
12A library has 38 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 13 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 51 books
- 2. 10 seats
- 3. 2 cartons
- 4. 20 muffins
- 5. 4 muffins
- 6. 2 cartons
- 7. 2 muffins
- 8. 4 muffins
- 9. 5 cartons
- 10. 19 dollars
- 11. 5 seats
- 12. 43 books
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