πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 48 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 3 books in each box. Then it lends out 29 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2Maya's book has 68 pages. Maya reads 6 pages a day for 7 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3A theater has 5 rows with 9 seats in each row. 35 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
4Omar's book has 124 pages. Omar reads 10 pages a day for 7 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
5A farm collects 84 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6A school buys 7 boxes of pencils with 6 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 9 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7Kai has 11 stickers and buys 4 packs with 4 stickers in each pack. Kai shares all the stickers equally among 3 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
8A theater has 7 rows with 6 seats in each row. 40 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
9Theo has 12 stickers and buys 4 packs with 5 stickers in each pack. Theo shares all the stickers equally among 8 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
10A bakery makes 7 trays of muffins with 9 muffins on each tray. It sells 24 muffins in the morning and 26 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
11Tickets to the zoo cost $9 for a grown-up and $4 for a kid. A group buys 4 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 6 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 28 books
- 2. 26 pages
- 3. 10 seats
- 4. 54 pages
- 5. 3 cartons
- 6. 15 pencils
- 7. 9 stickers
- 8. 2 seats
- 9. 4 stickers
- 10. 13 muffins
- 11. 56 dollars
- 12. 10 pencils
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