πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🚐 Remainder stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
131 kids at a party. Each table holds 4. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
2Priya shares 148 pencils equally among 12 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
3100 kids going on a trip. Each van holds 7. How many vans are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ vans
4Leo shares 245 apples equally among 12 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
5Omar has 90 stickers and puts 8 in each bag. How many bags can Omar fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
6206 kids going on a trip. Each van holds 10. How many vans are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ vans
7114 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 10. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
8174 kids at a party. Each table holds 12. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
959 kids at a party. Each table holds 12. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
1052 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 6. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
11Maya shares 131 beads equally among 7 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
1245 kids at a party. Each table holds 7. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
Answer key: Remainder stories
- 1. 8 tables
- 2. 4
- 3. 15 vans
- 4. 5
- 5. 11 bags
- 6. 21 vans
- 7. 12 boats
- 8. 15 tables
- 9. 5 tables
- 10. 9 boats
- 11. 5
- 12. 7 tables
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