πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Nora's book has 742 pages. Nora reads 90 pages a day for 6 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
2A school buys 4 boxes of pencils with 66 pencils in each box. It gives 4 pencils to each of 9 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
3A farm collects 588 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 20 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
4A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 78 pencils in each box. It gives 22 pencils to each of 6 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
5A bakery makes 8 trays of muffins with 18 muffins on each tray. It sells 30 muffins in the morning and 87 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
6Zoe has 232 stickers and buys 4 packs with 8 stickers in each pack. Zoe shares all the stickers equally among 4 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: ______________ stickers
7A bakery makes 5 trays of muffins with 45 muffins on each tray. It sells 21 muffins in the morning and 74 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
8A school buys 8 boxes of pencils with 42 pencils in each box. It gives 31 pencils to each of 8 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
9A theater has 49 rows with 9 seats in each row. 69 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
10A library has 698 books. It gets 4 boxes of new books with 28 books in each box. Then it lends out 344 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
11A theater has 35 rows with 8 seats in each row. 277 people come to the show. How many seats are empty?
Answer: ______________ seats
12Ben's book has 568 pages. Ben reads 89 pages a day for 4 days. How many pages are left to read?
Answer: ______________ pages
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 202 pages
- 2. 228 pencils
- 3. 29 cartons
- 4. 258 pencils
- 5. 27 muffins
- 6. 66 stickers
- 7. 130 muffins
- 8. 88 pencils
- 9. 372 seats
- 10. 466 books
- 11. 3 seats
- 12. 212 pages
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