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 4 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 8 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2Theo's book has 27 pages. Theo reads 3 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3A theater has 2 rows with 3 seats in each row. 4 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
4A farm collects 60 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 8 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
6A school buys 2 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7A library has 167 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 3 books in each box. Then it lends out 74 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
8Tickets to the zoo cost $15 for a grown-up and $6 for a kid. A group buys 5 grown-up tickets and 2 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 12 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
10Leo's book has 58 pages. Leo reads 3 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
11Kai saves $4 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $3 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Kai have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12A library has 62 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 32 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 6 muffins
- 2. 15 pages
- 3. 2 seats
- 4. 2 cartons
- 5. 8 pencils
- 6. 6 pencils
- 7. 99 books
- 8. 87 dollars
- 9. 6 muffins
- 10. 52 pages
- 11. 13 dollars
- 12. 48 books
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