πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm collects 96 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 6 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
2A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 11 muffins on each tray. It sells 7 muffins in the morning and 30 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3Ben's book has 141 pages. Ben reads 10 pages a day for 9 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
4A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 10 muffins on each tray. It sells 12 muffins in the morning and 14 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
5A theater has 7 rows with 2 seats in each row. 7 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
6A library has 69 books. It gets 6 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 69 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
7A library has 133 books. It gets 7 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 77 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
8Lily saves $10 each week for 2 weeks, then spends $7 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Lily have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Jamal's book has 113 pages. Jamal reads 8 pages a day for 9 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
10A school buys 8 boxes of pencils with 3 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 8 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
11A theater has 10 rows with 5 seats in each row. 4 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
12A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 8 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 2 cartons
- 2. 18 muffins
- 3. 51 pages
- 4. 4 muffins
- 5. 7 seats
- 6. 30 books
- 7. 91 books
- 8. 13 dollars
- 9. 41 pages
- 10. 8 pencils
- 11. 46 seats
- 12. 3 pencils
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