πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 36 rows with 8 seats in each row. 150 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A library has 690 books. It gets 9 boxes of new books with 33 books in each box. Then it lends out 285 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
3Tickets to the zoo cost $33 for a grown-up and $9 for a kid. A group buys 4 grown-up tickets and 6 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4A theater has 20 rows with 5 seats in each row. 32 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
5A farm collects 624 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 9 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
6Jamal has 110 stickers and buys 6 packs with 3 stickers in each pack. Jamal shares all the stickers equally among 8 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
7Omar has 92 stickers and buys 7 packs with 8 stickers in each pack. Omar shares all the stickers equally among 4 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
8A school buys 8 boxes of pencils with 35 pencils in each box. It gives 39 pencils to each of 6 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
9A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 48 pencils in each box. It gives 7 pencils to each of 8 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
10A theater has 44 rows with 6 seats in each row. 152 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
11Jamal saves $35 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $4 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Jamal have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12A theater has 33 rows with 4 seats in each row. 87 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 138 seats
- 2. 702 books
- 3. 186 dollars
- 4. 68 seats
- 5. 43 cartons
- 6. 16 stickers
- 7. 37 stickers
- 8. 46 pencils
- 9. 184 pencils
- 10. 112 seats
- 11. 101 dollars
- 12. 45 seats
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