πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 10 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
2Nora saves $4 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $7 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Nora have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3A farm collects 156 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 10 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
4A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 5 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
5A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 6 muffins on each tray. It sells 9 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
6A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 6 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7Tickets to the zoo cost $10 for a grown-up and $7 for a kid. A group buys 8 grown-up tickets and 2 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8Lily's book has 76 pages. Lily reads 6 pages a day for 3 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9A theater has 10 rows with 3 seats in each row. 22 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
10A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 12 muffins on each tray. It sells 4 muffins in the morning and 16 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
11A farm collects 48 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
12A school buys 7 boxes of pencils with 12 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 33 pencils
- 2. 13 dollars
- 3. 3 cartons
- 4. 5 pencils
- 5. 4 muffins
- 6. 3 pencils
- 7. 94 dollars
- 8. 58 pages
- 9. 8 seats
- 10. 52 muffins
- 11. 2 cartons
- 12. 72 pencils
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