πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Tickets to the zoo cost $12 for a grown-up and $7 for a kid. A group buys 5 grown-up tickets and 3 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
2A library has 113 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 9 books in each box. Then it lends out 3 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
3A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 12 muffins on each tray. It sells 23 muffins in the morning and 11 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
4Ben saves $12 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $30 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ben have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
5A bakery makes 9 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 7 muffins in the morning and 59 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
6Ana's book has 140 pages. Ana reads 9 pages a day for 9 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 9 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
8Zoe has 5 stickers and buys 5 packs with 3 stickers in each pack. Zoe shares all the stickers equally among 5 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
9A library has 62 books. It gets 9 boxes of new books with 12 books in each box. Then it lends out 95 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
10A theater has 12 rows with 5 seats in each row. 54 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
11Tickets to the zoo cost $12 for a grown-up and $9 for a kid. A group buys 4 grown-up tickets and 7 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12A library has 66 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 4 books in each box. Then it lends out 10 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 81 dollars
- 2. 146 books
- 3. 14 muffins
- 4. 30 dollars
- 5. 6 muffins
- 6. 59 pages
- 7. 10 pencils
- 8. 4 stickers
- 9. 75 books
- 10. 6 seats
- 11. 111 dollars
- 12. 68 books
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