πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 35 pencils in each box. It gives 48 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
2A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 38 muffins on each tray. It sells 75 muffins in the morning and 25 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
3A theater has 33 rows with 9 seats in each row. 31 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
4Theo's book has 249 pages. Theo reads 41 pages a day for 3 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
5Priya saves $26 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $8 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Priya have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6Rosa's book has 332 pages. Rosa reads 20 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7Rosa has 107 stickers and buys 8 packs with 5 stickers in each pack. Rosa shares all the stickers equally among 7 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
8Mei saves $18 each week for 8 weeks, then spends $124 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Mei have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Theo has 30 stickers and buys 3 packs with 8 stickers in each pack. Theo shares all the stickers equally among 3 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
10A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 12 pencils in each box. It gives 6 pencils to each of 9 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
11A school buys 6 boxes of pencils with 38 pencils in each box. It gives 20 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
12A bakery makes 3 trays of muffins with 20 muffins on each tray. It sells 20 muffins in the morning and 21 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 123 pencils
- 2. 90 muffins
- 3. 266 seats
- 4. 126 pages
- 5. 70 dollars
- 6. 232 pages
- 7. 21 stickers
- 8. 20 dollars
- 9. 18 stickers
- 10. 6 pencils
- 11. 128 pencils
- 12. 19 muffins
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