πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A bakery makes 7 trays of muffins with 9 muffins on each tray. It sells 24 muffins in the morning and 32 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2Priya saves $12 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $57 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Priya have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3A theater has 5 rows with 4 seats in each row. 4 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
4A library has 84 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 7 books in each box. Then it lends out 12 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
5A library has 184 books. It gets 8 boxes of new books with 3 books in each box. Then it lends out 115 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
6A farm collects 180 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 11 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
7A school buys 7 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 9 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
8A school buys 8 boxes of pencils with 11 pencils in each box. It gives 8 pencils to each of 8 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
9A theater has 5 rows with 3 seats in each row. 2 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
10Ana saves $3 each week for 9 weeks, then spends $2 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ana have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11Ana's book has 59 pages. Ana reads 4 pages a day for 6 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
12A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 4 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 7 muffins
- 2. 3 dollars
- 3. 16 seats
- 4. 107 books
- 5. 93 books
- 6. 4 cartons
- 7. 45 pencils
- 8. 24 pencils
- 9. 13 seats
- 10. 25 dollars
- 11. 35 pages
- 12. 8 pencils
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