πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 9 rows with 5 seats in each row. 43 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A school buys 6 boxes of pencils with 9 pencils in each box. It gives 10 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
3A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 10 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 22 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
4A library has 95 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 95 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
5Tickets to the zoo cost $10 for a grown-up and $7 for a kid. A group buys 9 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 5 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7Sam saves $3 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $8 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Sam have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 12 muffins on each tray. It sells 32 muffins in the morning and 35 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
9Kai saves $11 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $24 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Kai have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10A library has 32 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 7 books in each box. Then it lends out 5 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
11A farm collects 48 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
12Zoe saves $6 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $5 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Zoe have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 2 seats
- 2. 14 pencils
- 3. 22 muffins
- 4. 20 books
- 5. 125 dollars
- 6. 6 pencils
- 7. 4 dollars
- 8. 5 muffins
- 9. 9 dollars
- 10. 55 books
- 11. 2 cartons
- 12. 13 dollars
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