πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 85 books. It gets 7 boxes of new books with 3 books in each box. Then it lends out 76 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 9 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
3Zoe has 43 stickers and buys 3 packs with 4 stickers in each pack. Zoe shares all the stickers equally among 5 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
4A library has 71 books. It gets 7 boxes of new books with 4 books in each box. Then it lends out 27 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
5A theater has 11 rows with 3 seats in each row. 13 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
6A library has 49 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 12 books in each box. Then it lends out 101 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
7A library has 156 books. It gets 8 boxes of new books with 4 books in each box. Then it lends out 161 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
8A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 5 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 6 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
9A theater has 5 rows with 7 seats in each row. 19 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
10A theater has 6 rows with 8 seats in each row. 33 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
11A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 3 muffins on each tray. It sells 4 muffins in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
12Tickets to the zoo cost $14 for a grown-up and $11 for a kid. A group buys 5 grown-up tickets and 9 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 30 books
- 2. 36 pencils
- 3. 11 stickers
- 4. 72 books
- 5. 20 seats
- 6. 8 books
- 7. 27 books
- 8. 2 pencils
- 9. 16 seats
- 10. 15 seats
- 11. 3 muffins
- 12. 169 dollars
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