πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🚐 Remainder stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
141 kids at a party. Each table holds 5. How many tables are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ tables
2Omar shares 50 cards equally among 9 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
3Omar has 82 cookies and puts 9 in each bag. How many bags can Omar fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
4Priya shares 69 apples equally among 6 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
5Priya shares 179 cards equally among 10 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
6Zoe shares 118 beads equally among 6 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
7Maya has 47 crayons and puts 5 in each bag. How many bags can Maya fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
893 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 10. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
9Priya shares 34 beads equally among 6 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
10Aiden shares 127 pencils equally among 9 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
11Aiden shares 112 pencils equally among 6 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
12Maya buys 5 packs of stickers with 7 in each pack, then shares them equally among 8 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Remainder stories
- 1. 9 tables
- 2. 5
- 3. 9 bags
- 4. 3
- 5. 9
- 6. 4
- 7. 9 bags
- 8. 10 boats
- 9. 4
- 10. 1
- 11. 4
- 12. 4
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/4th-grade/word-remainders