πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Ana has 12 stickers and buys 2 packs with 3 stickers in each pack. Ana shares all the stickers equally among 2 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
2A bakery makes 8 trays of muffins with 3 muffins on each tray. It sells 5 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A school buys 6 boxes of pencils with 5 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 9 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
4Leo's book has 74 pages. Leo reads 3 pages a day for 6 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
5A farm collects 132 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 7 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 3 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 2 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7Tickets to the zoo cost $12 for a grown-up and $3 for a kid. A group buys 5 grown-up tickets and 8 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8A farm collects 96 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
9Leo saves $8 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $7 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Leo have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 10 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
11A farm collects 144 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
12A library has 61 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 9 books in each box. Then it lends out 74 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 9 stickers
- 2. 14 muffins
- 3. 12 pencils
- 4. 56 pages
- 5. 4 cartons
- 6. 4 pencils
- 7. 84 dollars
- 8. 3 cartons
- 9. 17 dollars
- 10. 40 pencils
- 11. 7 cartons
- 12. 32 books
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