πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 5 rows with 2 seats in each row. 3 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 9 muffins on each tray. It sells 3 muffins in the morning and 33 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A farm collects 120 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 8 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
4A bakery makes 2 trays of muffins with 6 muffins on each tray. It sells 4 muffins in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
5Zoe has 16 stickers and buys 4 packs with 4 stickers in each pack. Zoe shares all the stickers equally among 4 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6A library has 105 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 9 books in each box. Then it lends out 20 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
7Ben saves $6 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $14 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ben have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8A bakery makes 2 trays of muffins with 5 muffins on each tray. It sells 2 muffins in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
9Tickets to the zoo cost $14 for a grown-up and $4 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 4 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10A theater has 7 rows with 3 seats in each row. 12 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
11Ana saves $9 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $22 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ana have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12A library has 107 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 31 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 7 seats
- 2. 9 muffins
- 3. 2 cartons
- 4. 5 muffins
- 5. 8 stickers
- 6. 103 books
- 7. 10 dollars
- 8. 4 muffins
- 9. 58 dollars
- 10. 9 seats
- 11. 14 dollars
- 12. 100 books
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