πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 76 books. It gets 8 boxes of new books with 12 books in each box. Then it lends out 78 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 12 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
3A farm collects 156 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
4Priya's book has 109 pages. Priya reads 11 pages a day for 7 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
5A theater has 11 rows with 3 seats in each row. 27 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
6A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 5 muffins on each tray. It sells 10 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
7Omar's book has 45 pages. Omar reads 4 pages a day for 7 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
8Leo's book has 87 pages. Leo reads 9 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9A bakery makes 7 trays of muffins with 6 muffins on each tray. It sells 12 muffins in the morning and 25 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
10A theater has 10 rows with 6 seats in each row. 13 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
11Tickets to the zoo cost $15 for a grown-up and $11 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 7 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12A farm collects 96 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. 94 books
- 2. 96 pencils
- 3. 10 cartons
- 4. 32 pages
- 5. 6 seats
- 6. 5 muffins
- 7. 17 pages
- 8. 42 pages
- 9. 5 muffins
- 10. 47 seats
- 11. 122 dollars
- 12. 6 cartons
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