πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 139 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 10 books in each box. Then it lends out 50 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2Zoe saves $8 each week for 7 weeks, then spends $25 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Zoe have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3Sam has 32 stickers and buys 8 packs with 5 stickers in each pack. Sam shares all the stickers equally among 8 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
4A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 8 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
5A school buys 3 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
6Mei saves $12 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $26 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Mei have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 12 pencils in each box. It gives 10 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
8A farm collects 144 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
9Tickets to the zoo cost $10 for a grown-up and $5 for a kid. A group buys 8 grown-up tickets and 4 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10A farm collects 108 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
11A library has 49 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 12 books in each box. Then it lends out 50 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
12A theater has 4 rows with 8 seats in each row. 5 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 129 books
- 2. 31 dollars
- 3. 9 stickers
- 4. 25 pencils
- 5. 4 pencils
- 6. 10 dollars
- 7. 10 pencils
- 8. 9 cartons
- 9. 100 dollars
- 10. 7 cartons
- 11. 59 books
- 12. 27 seats
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