πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 38 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 4 books in each box. Then it lends out 48 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A school buys 6 boxes of pencils with 6 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
3Priya has 43 stickers and buys 2 packs with 3 stickers in each pack. Priya shares all the stickers equally among 7 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
4A farm collects 120 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 7 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5A farm collects 168 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 6 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 6 muffins on each tray. It sells 2 muffins in the morning and 18 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
7A theater has 10 rows with 9 seats in each row. 69 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
8A theater has 12 rows with 5 seats in each row. 30 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
9A theater has 7 rows with 4 seats in each row. 25 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
10A library has 96 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 8 books in each box. Then it lends out 67 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
11Zoe saves $12 each week for 2 weeks, then spends $5 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Zoe have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12Jamal's book has 135 pages. Jamal reads 12 pages a day for 7 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 6 books
- 2. 21 pencils
- 3. 7 stickers
- 4. 3 cartons
- 5. 8 cartons
- 6. 10 muffins
- 7. 21 seats
- 8. 30 seats
- 9. 3 seats
- 10. 45 books
- 11. 19 dollars
- 12. 51 pages
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