πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🚐 Remainder stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily shares 88 cards equally among 5 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
2Leo has 97 cookies and puts 9 in each bag. How many bags can Leo fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
3Zoe buys 5 packs of stickers with 12 in each pack, then shares them equally among 7 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
4202 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 12. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
5Maya shares 116 apples equally among 6 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
6Lily shares 51 beads equally among 4 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
7Lily shares 156 pencils equally among 11 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
8Maya shares 46 pencils equally among 10 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
9Lily buys 9 packs of stickers with 8 in each pack, then shares them equally among 8 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
10Aiden buys 8 packs of stickers with 9 in each pack, then shares them equally among 8 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
11Zoe buys 9 packs of stickers with 12 in each pack, then shares them equally among 6 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
12Priya shares 52 pencils equally among 10 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Remainder stories
- 1. 3
- 2. 10 bags
- 3. 8
- 4. 17 boats
- 5. 2
- 6. 3
- 7. 2
- 8. 6
- 9. 9
- 10. 9
- 11. 18
- 12. 2
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