πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🚐 Remainder stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya has 97 cookies and puts 5 in each bag. How many bags can Priya fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
2Leo shares 73 apples equally among 8 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
3Omar has 195 cookies and puts 10 in each bag. How many bags can Omar fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
4173 kids at a party. Each table holds 11. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
5Leo shares 184 cards equally among 9 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
669 kids at a party. Each table holds 5. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
7Omar buys 9 packs of stickers with 11 in each pack, then shares them equally among 5 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
8Aiden has 147 stickers and puts 10 in each bag. How many bags can Aiden fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
9Priya shares 82 pencils equally among 8 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
10Sam has 221 marbles and puts 12 in each bag. How many bags can Sam fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
11Zoe buys 7 packs of stickers with 6 in each pack, then shares them equally among 9 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
12Zoe buys 3 packs of stickers with 10 in each pack, then shares them equally among 7 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Remainder stories
- 1. 19 bags
- 2. 1
- 3. 19 bags
- 4. 16 tables
- 5. 4
- 6. 14 tables
- 7. 19
- 8. 14 bags
- 9. 2
- 10. 18 bags
- 11. 4
- 12. 4
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