πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 155 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 4 books in each box. Then it lends out 167 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 11 muffins on each tray. It sells 16 muffins in the morning and 7 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3Omar's book has 61 pages. Omar reads 3 pages a day for 3 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
4A library has 42 books. It gets 7 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 68 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
5Zoe has 18 stickers and buys 9 packs with 2 stickers in each pack. Zoe shares all the stickers equally among 6 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6A bakery makes 8 trays of muffins with 5 muffins on each tray. It sells 16 muffins in the morning and 22 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
7A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 4 muffins in the morning and 38 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
8A farm collects 72 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
9A theater has 7 rows with 6 seats in each row. 27 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
10A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 5 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
11A farm collects 132 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
12A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 12 pencils in each box. It gives 9 pencils to each of 9 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 8 books
- 2. 10 muffins
- 3. 52 pages
- 4. 16 books
- 5. 6 stickers
- 6. 2 muffins
- 7. 6 muffins
- 8. 3 cartons
- 9. 15 seats
- 10. 6 pencils
- 11. 6 cartons
- 12. 27 pencils
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