πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 5 muffins on each tray. It sells 7 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2A school buys 2 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
3A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 7 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 9 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
4A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
5A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 4 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
6A library has 89 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 8 books in each box. Then it lends out 36 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
7Ana saves $5 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $9 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ana have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8A library has 192 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 164 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
9A farm collects 120 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
10A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 4 muffins on each tray. It sells 8 muffins in the morning and 9 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
11A farm collects 132 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 7 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
12A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 9 muffins on each tray. It sells 10 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 3 muffins
- 2. 3 pencils
- 3. 20 muffins
- 4. 24 pencils
- 5. 8 pencils
- 6. 69 books
- 7. 6 dollars
- 8. 58 books
- 9. 8 cartons
- 10. 3 muffins
- 11. 4 cartons
- 12. 12 muffins
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