πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A bakery makes 9 trays of muffins with 7 muffins on each tray. It sells 11 muffins in the morning and 16 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2Lily's book has 65 pages. Lily reads 12 pages a day for 3 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 4 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
4A farm collects 132 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5Priya saves $5 each week for 6 weeks, then spends $18 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Priya have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6Nora's book has 41 pages. Nora reads 6 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7A library has 106 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 7 books in each box. Then it lends out 11 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
8A theater has 5 rows with 6 seats in each row. 17 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
9A theater has 7 rows with 6 seats in each row. 23 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
10A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 7 muffins on each tray. It sells 10 muffins in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
11Tickets to the zoo cost $15 for a grown-up and $5 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 4 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12Jamal saves $3 each week for 8 weeks, then spends $7 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Jamal have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 36 muffins
- 2. 29 pages
- 3. 12 pencils
- 4. 6 cartons
- 5. 12 dollars
- 6. 11 pages
- 7. 130 books
- 8. 13 seats
- 9. 19 seats
- 10. 28 muffins
- 11. 65 dollars
- 12. 17 dollars
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