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 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
2A theater has 9 rows with 8 seats in each row. 19 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
3A library has 72 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 9 books in each box. Then it lends out 34 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
4A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 3 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
5A library has 112 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 11 books in each box. Then it lends out 66 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
6A school buys 7 boxes of pencils with 10 pencils in each box. It gives 9 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7A school buys 7 boxes of pencils with 8 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
8Omar saves $10 each week for 7 weeks, then spends $4 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Omar have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Tickets to the zoo cost $9 for a grown-up and $3 for a kid. A group buys 6 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10A library has 29 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 4 books in each box. Then it lends out 27 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
11A library has 64 books. It gets 9 boxes of new books with 3 books in each box. Then it lends out 47 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
12Mei's book has 80 pages. Mei reads 9 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 2 cartons
- 2. 53 seats
- 3. 65 books
- 4. 3 pencils
- 5. 79 books
- 6. 7 pencils
- 7. 50 pencils
- 8. 66 dollars
- 9. 69 dollars
- 10. 10 books
- 11. 44 books
- 12. 44 pages
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