πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 5 rows with 8 seats in each row. 34 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2Leo saves $7 each week for 9 weeks, then spends $56 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Leo have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 11 muffins on each tray. It sells 32 muffins in the morning and 14 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
4Zoe has 45 stickers and buys 4 packs with 8 stickers in each pack. Zoe shares all the stickers equally among 7 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5A library has 174 books. It gets 6 boxes of new books with 11 books in each box. Then it lends out 78 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
6A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 4 pencils in each box. It gives 2 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 6 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
8A library has 76 books. It gets 9 boxes of new books with 5 books in each box. Then it lends out 102 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
9A farm collects 84 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
10Ben has 33 stickers and buys 5 packs with 6 stickers in each pack. Ben shares all the stickers equally among 9 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 8 muffins on each tray. It sells 8 muffins in the morning and 9 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
12A library has 53 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 10 books in each box. Then it lends out 18 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 6 seats
- 2. 7 dollars
- 3. 20 muffins
- 4. 11 stickers
- 5. 162 books
- 6. 28 pencils
- 7. 8 pencils
- 8. 19 books
- 9. 4 cartons
- 10. 7 stickers
- 11. 15 muffins
- 12. 75 books
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