πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 9 rows with 4 seats in each row. 24 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A library has 187 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 2 books in each box. Then it lends out 133 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
3A school buys 2 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
4Nora has 9 stickers and buys 4 packs with 4 stickers in each pack. Nora shares all the stickers equally among 5 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5Aiden's book has 82 pages. Aiden reads 6 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
6Jamal saves $2 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $6 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Jamal have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7Leo's book has 33 pages. Leo reads 5 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
8Sam's book has 75 pages. Sam reads 8 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9A farm collects 84 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
10A theater has 9 rows with 2 seats in each row. 5 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
11A theater has 7 rows with 2 seats in each row. 6 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
12A library has 113 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 39 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 12 seats
- 2. 62 books
- 3. 6 pencils
- 4. 5 stickers
- 5. 52 pages
- 6. 2 dollars
- 7. 13 pages
- 8. 59 pages
- 9. 3 cartons
- 10. 13 seats
- 11. 8 seats
- 12. 98 books
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