πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🎟️ Multi-step stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A library has 138 books. It gets 7 boxes of new books with 85 books in each box. Then it lends out 402 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
2A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 48 pencils in each box. It gives 21 pencils to each of 7 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
3Lily saves $84 each week for 9 weeks, then spends $368 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Lily have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4Tickets to the zoo cost $27 for a grown-up and $25 for a kid. A group buys 7 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
5A school buys 9 boxes of pencils with 16 pencils in each box. It gives 7 pencils to each of 4 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
6A bakery makes 7 trays of muffins with 73 muffins on each tray. It sells 138 muffins in the morning and 134 in the afternoon. How many muffins are left?
Answer: ______________ muffins
7A library has 273 books. It gets 7 boxes of new books with 27 books in each box. Then it lends out 80 books. How many books are still in the library?
Answer: ______________ books
8Tickets to the zoo cost $19 for a grown-up and $11 for a kid. A group buys 8 grown-up tickets and 5 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9A school buys 5 boxes of pencils with 72 pencils in each box. It gives 3 pencils to each of 8 classes. How many pencils are left?
Answer: ______________ pencils
10A farm collects 492 eggs and packs them in cartons of 12. It sells 10 cartons. How many cartons are left?
Answer: ______________ cartons
11Tickets to the zoo cost $31 for a grown-up and $16 for a kid. A group buys 7 grown-up tickets and 6 kid tickets. How many dollars do they pay in all?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12Jamal saves $91 each week for 7 weeks, then spends $134 on a new bike helmet. How many dollars does Jamal have left?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Multi-step stories
- 1. 331 books
- 2. 285 pencils
- 3. 388 dollars
- 4. 314 dollars
- 5. 116 pencils
- 6. 239 muffins
- 7. 382 books
- 8. 207 dollars
- 9. 336 pencils
- 10. 31 cartons
- 11. 313 dollars
- 12. 503 dollars
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