πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 8 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
2A theater has 12 rows with 5 seats in each row. 49 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
3A bakery makes 2 trays of muffins with 4 muffins on each tray. It sells 3 muffins in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
4A farm collects 144 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5A farm collects 168 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 7 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6Lily's book has 100 pages. Lily reads 9 pages a day for 9 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7A farm collects 96 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
8A library has 131 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 8 books in each box. Then it lends out 117 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
9A school buys 6 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
10A farm collects 48 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
11Maya's book has 122 pages. Maya reads 9 pages a day for 9 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
12A theater has 5 rows with 6 seats in each row. 20 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 4 pencils
- 2. 11 seats
- 3. 3 muffins
- 4. 8 cartons
- 5. 7 cartons
- 6. 19 pages
- 7. 6 cartons
- 8. 46 books
- 9. 12 pencils
- 10. 2 cartons
- 11. 41 pages
- 12. 10 seats
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