πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 24 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
2A bakery makes 8 trays of muffins with 5 muffins on each tray. It sells 17 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A library has 22 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 12 books in each box. Then it lends out 7 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
4A farm collects 108 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 12 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
6Theo saves $6 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $10 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Theo have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7A theater has 5 rows with 8 seats in each row. 27 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
8Omar saves $5 each week for 6 weeks, then spends $16 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Omar have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Ana has 13 stickers and buys 3 packs with 9 stickers in each pack. Ana shares all the stickers equally among 4 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
10Zoe's book has 74 pages. Zoe reads 5 pages a day for 6 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
11Rosa has 35 stickers and buys 5 packs with 9 stickers in each pack. Rosa shares all the stickers equally among 8 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
12Nora has 15 stickers and buys 5 packs with 9 stickers in each pack. Nora shares all the stickers equally among 5 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 9 pencils
- 2. 18 muffins
- 3. 51 books
- 4. 7 cartons
- 5. 92 pencils
- 6. 8 dollars
- 7. 13 seats
- 8. 14 dollars
- 9. 10 stickers
- 10. 44 pages
- 11. 10 stickers
- 12. 12 stickers
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