πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 131 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 7 books in each box. Then it lends out 26 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A farm collects 132 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 6 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
3A library has 187 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 8 books in each box. Then it lends out 108 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
4A theater has 4 rows with 4 seats in each row. 8 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
5A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 6 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
6Ana saves $5 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $18 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ana have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7A theater has 7 rows with 5 seats in each row. 12 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
8A theater has 6 rows with 4 seats in each row. 11 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
9A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
10A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 2 muffins on each tray. It sells 2 muffins in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
11A farm collects 84 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
12Tickets to the zoo cost $6 for a grown-up and $2 for a kid. A group buys 4 grown-up tickets and 2 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 140 books
- 2. 5 cartons
- 3. 95 books
- 4. 8 seats
- 5. 5 pencils
- 6. 2 dollars
- 7. 23 seats
- 8. 13 seats
- 9. 9 pencils
- 10. 4 muffins
- 11. 4 cartons
- 12. 28 dollars
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/4th-grade/word-multi-step