πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 11 pencils in each box. It gives 6 pencils to each of 8 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
2A library has 137 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 79 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
3A theater has 12 rows with 4 seats in each row. 17 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
4A school buys 7 boxes of pencils with 4 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
5A farm collects 48 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6A farm collects 156 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 8 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
7Mei saves $11 each week for 6 weeks, then spends $35 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Mei have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8A theater has 5 rows with 7 seats in each row. 25 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
9A library has 191 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 10 books in each box. Then it lends out 16 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
10A farm collects 84 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
11A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 5 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 11 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
12A theater has 6 rows with 3 seats in each row. 6 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 7 pencils
- 2. 83 books
- 3. 31 seats
- 4. 8 pencils
- 5. 2 cartons
- 6. 5 cartons
- 7. 31 dollars
- 8. 10 seats
- 9. 215 books
- 10. 2 cartons
- 11. 8 muffins
- 12. 12 seats
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