πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 176 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 16 books in each box. Then it lends out 50 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A farm collects 240 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 12 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
3A library has 707 books. It gets 6 boxes of new books with 51 books in each box. Then it lends out 837 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
4A theater has 73 rows with 6 seats in each row. 260 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
5Omar has 114 stickers and buys 9 packs with 8 stickers in each pack. Omar shares all the stickers equally among 6 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6A bakery makes 4 trays of muffins with 21 muffins on each tray. It sells 19 muffins in the morning and 34 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
7Maya's book has 609 pages. Maya reads 63 pages a day for 6 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
8Lily's book has 251 pages. Lily reads 22 pages a day for 9 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9Tickets to the zoo cost $9 for a grown-up and $2 for a kid. A group buys 7 grown-up tickets and 6 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 25 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 6 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
11Aiden has 358 stickers and buys 5 packs with 4 stickers in each pack. Aiden shares all the stickers equally among 9 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
12Mei saves $34 each week for 5 weeks, then spends $128 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Mei have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 190 books
- 2. 8 cartons
- 3. 176 books
- 4. 178 seats
- 5. 31 stickers
- 6. 31 muffins
- 7. 231 pages
- 8. 53 pages
- 9. 75 dollars
- 10. 101 pencils
- 11. 42 stickers
- 12. 42 dollars
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