πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 2 rows with 5 seats in each row. 3 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 4 muffins on each tray. It sells 7 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A theater has 3 rows with 5 seats in each row. 13 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
4A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 3 muffins on each tray. It sells 3 muffins in the morning and 7 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
5Ben has 21 stickers and buys 2 packs with 3 stickers in each pack. Ben shares all the stickers equally among 3 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6Lily saves $7 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $16 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Lily have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7Tickets to the zoo cost $12 for a grown-up and $5 for a kid. A group buys 2 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8A library has 171 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 115 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
9Tickets to the zoo cost $12 for a grown-up and $4 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 2 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10Lily has 12 stickers and buys 2 packs with 3 stickers in each pack. Lily shares all the stickers equally among 3 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11Tickets 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
12Omar's book has 70 pages. Omar reads 4 pages a day for 3 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 7 seats
- 2. 4 muffins
- 3. 2 seats
- 4. 5 muffins
- 5. 9 stickers
- 6. 19 dollars
- 7. 49 dollars
- 8. 86 books
- 9. 44 dollars
- 10. 6 stickers
- 11. 28 dollars
- 12. 58 pages
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