πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 3 muffins on each tray. It sells 3 muffins in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2A library has 98 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 97 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
3Ben's book has 51 pages. Ben reads 2 pages a day for 3 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
4Sam has 2 stickers and buys 2 packs with 3 stickers in each pack. Sam shares all the stickers equally among 2 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5A farm collects 96 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6Priya saves $5 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $15 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Priya have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7Priya saves $7 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $6 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Priya have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 3 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 7 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
9A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 8 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
10A bakery makes 2 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 5 muffins in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
11Aiden saves $5 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $8 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Aiden have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 6 muffins on each tray. It sells 12 muffins in the morning and 15 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 9 muffins
- 2. 16 books
- 3. 45 pages
- 4. 4 stickers
- 5. 3 cartons
- 6. 10 dollars
- 7. 15 dollars
- 8. 2 muffins
- 9. 24 pencils
- 10. 7 muffins
- 11. 7 dollars
- 12. 3 muffins
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