πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 16 rows with 9 seats in each row. 120 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A farm collects 408 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 2 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
3A theater has 22 rows with 7 seats in each row. 65 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
4A farm collects 168 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5A farm collects 660 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6A theater has 44 rows with 7 seats in each row. 131 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
7A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 38 muffins on each tray. It sells 6 muffins in the morning and 61 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
8A library has 111 books. It gets 6 boxes of new books with 44 books in each box. Then it lends out 314 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
9A farm collects 456 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 4 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
10A school buys 3 boxes of pencils with 33 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
11Ana saves $40 each week for 9 weeks, then spends $260 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Ana have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12A school buys 7 boxes of pencils with 19 pencils in each box. It gives 17 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 24 seats
- 2. 32 cartons
- 3. 89 seats
- 4. 10 cartons
- 5. 52 cartons
- 6. 177 seats
- 7. 85 muffins
- 8. 61 books
- 9. 34 cartons
- 10. 74 pencils
- 11. 100 dollars
- 12. 14 pencils
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