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 $11 for a grown-up and $2 for a kid. A group buys 8 grown-up tickets and 7 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
2A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 9 muffins in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 10 muffins on each tray. It sells 15 muffins in the morning and 7 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
4A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 5 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 6 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
5A theater has 10 rows with 4 seats in each row. 32 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
6Rosa saves $6 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $9 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Rosa have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7A library has 159 books. It gets 8 boxes of new books with 10 books in each box. Then it lends out 28 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
8Tickets to the zoo cost $12 for a grown-up and $9 for a kid. A group buys 4 grown-up tickets and 8 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Jamal saves $12 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $11 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Jamal have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10Sam has 8 stickers and buys 4 packs with 5 stickers in each pack. Sam shares all the stickers equally among 7 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11A theater has 12 rows with 4 seats in each row. 27 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
12A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 11 muffins on each tray. It sells 15 muffins in the morning and 8 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 102 dollars
- 2. 12 muffins
- 3. 8 muffins
- 4. 15 pencils
- 5. 8 seats
- 6. 9 dollars
- 7. 211 books
- 8. 120 dollars
- 9. 37 dollars
- 10. 4 stickers
- 11. 21 seats
- 12. 10 muffins
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