πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 10 rows with 5 seats in each row. 26 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A theater has 3 rows with 9 seats in each row. 17 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
3Omar's book has 28 pages. Omar reads 3 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
4A farm collects 132 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5Kai's book has 107 pages. Kai reads 10 pages a day for 9 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
6A library has 90 books. It gets 8 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 28 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
7Mei saves $8 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $4 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Mei have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8A library has 191 books. It gets 6 boxes of new books with 6 books in each box. Then it lends out 72 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
9A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 12 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 16 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
10Kai's book has 70 pages. Kai reads 7 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
11Lily's book has 119 pages. Lily reads 10 pages a day for 8 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
12A bakery makes 9 trays of muffins with 6 muffins on each tray. It sells 4 muffins in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 24 seats
- 2. 10 seats
- 3. 13 pages
- 4. 6 cartons
- 5. 17 pages
- 6. 110 books
- 7. 36 dollars
- 8. 155 books
- 9. 26 muffins
- 10. 42 pages
- 11. 39 pages
- 12. 47 muffins
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