πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🚐 Remainder stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
147 kids at a party. Each table holds 6. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
2Omar shares 23 beads equally among 5 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
333 kids at a party. Each table holds 6. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
4Zoe has 36 cookies and puts 5 in each bag. How many bags can Zoe fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
540 kids at a party. Each table holds 6. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
638 kids going on a trip. Each van holds 5. How many vans are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ vans
7Zoe shares 10 cards equally among 3 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
8Zoe shares 13 apples equally among 4 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
9Lily has 25 marbles and puts 6 in each bag. How many bags can Lily fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
10Lily has 46 marbles and puts 6 in each bag. How many bags can Lily fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
11Priya shares 39 pencils equally among 5 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
12Lily has 29 marbles and puts 4 in each bag. How many bags can Lily fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
Answer key: Remainder stories
- 1. 8 tables
- 2. 3
- 3. 6 tables
- 4. 7 bags
- 5. 7 tables
- 6. 8 vans
- 7. 1
- 8. 1
- 9. 4 bags
- 10. 7 bags
- 11. 4
- 12. 7 bags
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