πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 27 rows with 7 seats in each row. 136 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2Tickets to the zoo cost $14 for a grown-up and $2 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 8 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3Tickets to the zoo cost $33 for a grown-up and $12 for a kid. A group buys 3 grown-up tickets and 6 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4Maya has 78 stickers and buys 9 packs with 3 stickers in each pack. Maya shares all the stickers equally among 7 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 29 muffins on each tray. It sells 68 muffins in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
6A theater has 24 rows with 3 seats in each row. 21 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
7A library has 376 books. It gets 7 boxes of new books with 44 books in each box. Then it lends out 237 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
8A library has 652 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 15 books in each box. Then it lends out 159 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
9A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 33 muffins on each tray. It sells 63 muffins in the morning and 11 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
10Omar saves $26 each week for 3 weeks, then spends $48 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Omar have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11Sam saves $25 each week for 9 weeks, then spends $74 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Sam have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 46 pencils in each box. It gives 7 pencils to each of 5 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 53 seats
- 2. 58 dollars
- 3. 171 dollars
- 4. 15 stickers
- 5. 101 muffins
- 6. 51 seats
- 7. 447 books
- 8. 568 books
- 9. 124 muffins
- 10. 30 dollars
- 11. 151 dollars
- 12. 149 pencils
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