πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 9 rows with 5 seats in each row. 29 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A theater has 12 rows with 8 seats in each row. 35 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
3A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
4Ana's book has 63 pages. Ana reads 11 pages a day for 2 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
5Nora saves $9 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $6 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Nora have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 11 pencils in each box. It gives 8 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7A theater has 6 rows with 2 seats in each row. 9 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
8A farm collects 120 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 6 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
9A theater has 8 rows with 7 seats in each row. 3 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
10Tickets to the zoo cost $8 for a grown-up and $4 for a kid. A group buys 7 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11A farm collects 84 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
12Zoe's book has 85 pages. Zoe reads 7 pages a day for 7 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 16 seats
- 2. 61 seats
- 3. 24 pencils
- 4. 41 pages
- 5. 21 dollars
- 6. 9 pencils
- 7. 3 seats
- 8. 4 cartons
- 9. 53 seats
- 10. 76 dollars
- 11. 3 cartons
- 12. 36 pages
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