πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 174 books. It gets 8 boxes of new books with 30 books in each box. Then it lends out 229 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A theater has 76 rows with 9 seats in each row. 145 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
3Kai's book has 123 pages. Kai reads 28 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
4Theo's book has 344 pages. Theo reads 20 pages a day for 9 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
5A library has 468 books. It gets 5 boxes of new books with 20 books in each box. Then it lends out 297 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
6A bakery makes 6 trays of muffins with 78 muffins on each tray. It sells 98 muffins in the morning and 353 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
7A farm collects 420 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 16 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
8A theater has 43 rows with 7 seats in each row. 157 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
9A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 72 muffins on each tray. It sells 23 muffins in the morning and 303 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
10Kai saves $58 each week for 4 weeks, then spends $166 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Kai have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11Aiden's book has 178 pages. Aiden reads 33 pages a day for 5 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
12A farm collects 144 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 8 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 185 books
- 2. 539 seats
- 3. 11 pages
- 4. 164 pages
- 5. 271 books
- 6. 17 muffins
- 7. 19 cartons
- 8. 144 seats
- 9. 34 muffins
- 10. 66 dollars
- 11. 13 pages
- 12. 4 cartons
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