πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 115 books. It gets 8 boxes of new books with 9 books in each box. Then it lends out 20 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A library has 73 books. It gets 2 boxes of new books with 8 books in each box. Then it lends out 71 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
3Zoe saves $5 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $10 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Zoe have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4A farm collects 72 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5A farm collects 84 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6Tickets to the zoo cost $13 for a grown-up and $11 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 9 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7Zoe saves $4 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $14 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Zoe have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8A bakery makes 8 trays of muffins with 7 muffins on each tray. It sells 23 muffins in the morning and 24 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
9Aiden's book has 74 pages. Aiden reads 7 pages a day for 8 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
10A school buys 6 boxes of pencils with 6 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
11A library has 126 books. It gets 7 boxes of new books with 11 books in each box. Then it lends out 198 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
12A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 6 muffins on each tray. It sells 7 muffins in the morning and 16 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 167 books
- 2. 18 books
- 3. 5 dollars
- 4. 4 cartons
- 5. 2 cartons
- 6. 138 dollars
- 7. 6 dollars
- 8. 9 muffins
- 9. 18 pages
- 10. 11 pencils
- 11. 5 books
- 12. 7 muffins
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