πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 4 rows with 4 seats in each row. 12 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 5 muffins on each tray. It sells 9 muffins in the morning and 8 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A library has 139 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 4 books in each box. Then it lends out 125 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
4A theater has 9 rows with 8 seats in each row. 12 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
5A school buys 7 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
6A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 9 muffins on each tray. It sells 8 muffins in the morning and 44 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
7A library has 119 books. It gets 8 boxes of new books with 3 books in each box. Then it lends out 56 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
8A theater has 6 rows with 8 seats in each row. 7 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
9Ben has 28 stickers and buys 5 packs with 7 stickers in each pack. Ben shares all the stickers equally among 7 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
10A library has 193 books. It gets 6 boxes of new books with 11 books in each box. Then it lends out 11 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
11Omar has 5 stickers and buys 3 packs with 9 stickers in each pack. Omar shares all the stickers equally among 4 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
12A farm collects 120 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 4 seats
- 2. 3 muffins
- 3. 26 books
- 4. 60 seats
- 5. 14 pencils
- 6. 2 muffins
- 7. 87 books
- 8. 41 seats
- 9. 9 stickers
- 10. 248 books
- 11. 8 stickers
- 12. 8 cartons
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