πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🚐 Remainder stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
165 kids at a party. Each table holds 4. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
281 kids at a party. Each table holds 4. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
3Aiden shares 196 pencils equally among 12 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
4Maya shares 92 apples equally among 5 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
5Priya shares 97 beads equally among 5 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
6Zoe has 95 crayons and puts 6 in each bag. How many bags can Zoe fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
7Priya shares 166 pencils equally among 9 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
8Omar buys 8 packs of stickers with 7 in each pack, then shares them equally among 7 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
9Aiden buys 5 packs of stickers with 6 in each pack, then shares them equally among 9 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
10Priya shares 104 apples equally among 9 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
11Leo buys 9 packs of stickers with 10 in each pack, then shares them equally among 8 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
12Omar shares 177 pencils equally among 9 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Remainder stories
- 1. 17 tables
- 2. 21 tables
- 3. 4
- 4. 2
- 5. 2
- 6. 15 bags
- 7. 4
- 8. 8
- 9. 3
- 10. 5
- 11. 11
- 12. 6
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