πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 79 books. It gets 6 boxes of new books with 71 books in each box. Then it lends out 276 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A farm collects 348 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 5 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
3Zoe has 163 stickers and buys 8 packs with 4 stickers in each pack. Zoe shares all the stickers equally among 5 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
4A farm collects 660 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 32 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
5A school buys 6 boxes of pencils with 35 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
6A theater has 38 rows with 6 seats in each row. 157 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
7A library has 733 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 15 books in each box. Then it lends out 23 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
8Lily saves $72 each week for 8 weeks, then spends $436 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Lily have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Tickets to the zoo cost $25 for a grown-up and $16 for a kid. A group buys 4 grown-up tickets and 9 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10A farm collects 228 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 3 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
11A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 24 muffins on each tray. It sells 29 muffins in the morning and 46 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
12A farm collects 384 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 27 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 229 books
- 2. 24 cartons
- 3. 39 stickers
- 4. 23 cartons
- 5. 182 pencils
- 6. 71 seats
- 7. 785 books
- 8. 140 dollars
- 9. 244 dollars
- 10. 16 cartons
- 11. 45 muffins
- 12. 5 cartons
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