πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 171 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 8 books in each box. Then it lends out 61 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2Zoe's book has 44 pages. Zoe reads 7 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 8 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
4A farm collects 156 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 9 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5Ben saves $3 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $6 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ben have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6Tickets to the zoo cost $7 for a grown-up and $2 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 2 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 4 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 2 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
8Mei's book has 38 pages. Mei reads 3 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9Omar saves $6 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $14 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Omar have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10A theater has 4 rows with 2 seats in each row. 2 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
11Tickets to the zoo cost $14 for a grown-up and $5 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 2 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12Mei saves $8 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $11 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Mei have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 126 books
- 2. 9 pages
- 3. 25 pencils
- 4. 4 cartons
- 5. 6 dollars
- 6. 25 dollars
- 7. 8 pencils
- 8. 23 pages
- 9. 10 dollars
- 10. 6 seats
- 11. 52 dollars
- 12. 13 dollars
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