πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Tickets to the zoo cost $33 for a grown-up and $15 for a kid. A group buys 9 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
2A farm collects 252 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
3Jamal saves $23 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $93 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Jamal have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4A library has 628 books. It gets 3 boxes of new books with 42 books in each box. Then it lends out 101 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
5A theater has 32 rows with 9 seats in each row. 82 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
6Mei's book has 140 pages. Mei reads 21 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7A farm collects 564 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 18 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
8A theater has 23 rows with 7 seats in each row. 101 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
9A bakery makes 9 trays of muffins with 28 muffins on each tray. It sells 77 muffins in the morning and 150 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
10A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 13 pencils in each box. It gives 6 pencils to each of 3 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
11A theater has 43 rows with 9 seats in each row. 56 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
12A library has 811 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 28 books in each box. Then it lends out 454 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 372 dollars
- 2. 16 cartons
- 3. 22 dollars
- 4. 653 books
- 5. 206 seats
- 6. 56 pages
- 7. 29 cartons
- 8. 60 seats
- 9. 25 muffins
- 10. 99 pencils
- 11. 331 seats
- 12. 469 books
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