πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A theater has 42 rows with 4 seats in each row. 4 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
2A library has 865 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 19 books in each box. Then it lends out 563 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
3Tickets to the zoo cost $18 for a grown-up and $11 for a kid. A group buys 8 grown-up tickets and 9 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4Lily's book has 732 pages. Lily reads 75 pages a day for 7 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
5A library has 313 books. It gets 6 boxes of new books with 93 books in each box. Then it lends out 316 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
6A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 37 pencils in each box. It gives 5 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
7A farm collects 216 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 15 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
8A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 98 muffins on each tray. It sells 264 muffins in the morning and 232 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
9A school buys 6 boxes of pencils with 82 pencils in each box. It gives 45 pencils to each of 6 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
10A bakery makes 9 trays of muffins with 88 muffins on each tray. It sells 257 muffins in the morning and 241 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
11A bakery makes 7 trays of muffins with 73 muffins on each tray. It sells 120 muffins in the morning and 149 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
12A theater has 71 rows with 7 seats in each row. 484 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 164 seats
- 2. 378 books
- 3. 243 dollars
- 4. 207 pages
- 5. 555 books
- 6. 150 pencils
- 7. 3 cartons
- 8. 92 muffins
- 9. 222 pencils
- 10. 294 muffins
- 11. 242 muffins
- 12. 13 seats
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