πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
2A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 4 muffins on each tray. It sells 4 muffins in the morning and 8 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A bakery makes 2 trays of muffins with 9 muffins on each tray. It sells 8 muffins in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
4Rosa saves $3 each week for 2 weeks, then spends $4 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Rosa have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
5Tickets to the zoo cost $11 for a grown-up and $3 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6A library has 157 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 4 books in each box. Then it lends out 6 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
7Theo's book has 34 pages. Theo reads 5 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
8A theater has 2 rows with 4 seats in each row. 5 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
9A library has 64 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 64 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
10Kai saves $4 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $2 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Kai have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 17 pencils to each of 2 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
12A library has 141 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 122 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 39 pencils
- 2. 8 muffins
- 3. 8 muffins
- 4. 2 dollars
- 5. 48 dollars
- 6. 167 books
- 7. 24 pages
- 8. 3 seats
- 9. 25 books
- 10. 10 dollars
- 11. 11 pencils
- 12. 34 books
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