πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 8 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 6 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
2Tickets to the zoo cost $14 for a grown-up and $11 for a kid. A group buys 9 grown-up tickets and 3 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3A farm collects 48 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
4A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 10 muffins in the morning and 14 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
5A farm collects 120 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 6 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6A farm collects 96 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
7Tickets to the zoo cost $15 for a grown-up and $9 for a kid. A group buys 5 grown-up tickets and 6 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8Kai's book has 117 pages. Kai reads 11 pages a day for 7 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9A bakery makes 9 trays of muffins with 11 muffins on each tray. It sells 22 muffins in the morning and 8 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
10A farm collects 180 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 13 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
11A school buys 7 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
12A library has 198 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 8 books in each box. Then it lends out 186 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 12 pencils
- 2. 159 dollars
- 3. 2 cartons
- 4. 24 muffins
- 5. 4 cartons
- 6. 4 cartons
- 7. 129 dollars
- 8. 40 pages
- 9. 69 muffins
- 10. 2 cartons
- 11. 24 pencils
- 12. 44 books
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