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 5 muffins on each tray. It sells 10 muffins in the morning and 13 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 10 muffins in the morning and 18 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A farm collects 168 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 6 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
4A theater has 7 rows with 5 seats in each row. 22 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
5A theater has 4 rows with 5 seats in each row. 3 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
6Jamal's book has 19 pages. Jamal reads 6 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 8 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
8A library has 136 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 9 books in each box. Then it lends out 26 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
9Sam's book has 40 pages. Sam reads 7 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
10Theo's book has 58 pages. Theo reads 6 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
11A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 4 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 2 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
12A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 12 pencils to each of 2 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 2 muffins
- 2. 12 muffins
- 3. 8 cartons
- 4. 13 seats
- 5. 17 seats
- 6. 7 pages
- 7. 13 pencils
- 8. 155 books
- 9. 12 pages
- 10. 28 pages
- 11. 6 pencils
- 12. 3 pencils
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