πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm collects 60 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
2A theater has 10 rows with 3 seats in each row. 5 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
3A library has 161 books. It gets 6 boxes of new books with 9 books in each box. Then it lends out 159 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
4A farm collects 144 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5Jamal saves $8 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $6 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Jamal have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6A school buys 6 boxes of pencils with 6 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 8 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7Theo's book has 93 pages. Theo reads 8 pages a day for 6 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
8Lily saves $4 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $18 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Lily have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Maya saves $3 each week for 7 weeks, then spends $3 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Maya have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10A school buys 8 boxes of pencils with 12 pencils in each box. It gives 13 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
11Priya's book has 47 pages. Priya reads 6 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
12A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 8 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 3 cartons
- 2. 25 seats
- 3. 56 books
- 4. 9 cartons
- 5. 26 dollars
- 6. 20 pencils
- 7. 45 pages
- 8. 2 dollars
- 9. 18 dollars
- 10. 57 pencils
- 11. 17 pages
- 12. 17 pencils
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