πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🚐 Remainder stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
163 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 4. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
2Zoe buys 5 packs of stickers with 8 in each pack, then shares them equally among 4 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
354 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 7. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
4Aiden shares 30 apples equally among 7 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
5206 kids going on a trip. Each car holds 12. How many cars are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ cars
623 kids going on a trip. Each van holds 5. How many vans are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ vans
7Maya buys 7 packs of stickers with 11 in each pack, then shares them equally among 7 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
8Sam buys 6 packs of stickers with 10 in each pack, then shares them equally among 5 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
9Sam shares 70 cards equally among 4 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
10Maya buys 6 packs of stickers with 11 in each pack, then shares them equally among 7 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
11Lily shares 201 apples equally among 11 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
12Lily has 38 crayons and puts 7 in each bag. How many bags can Lily fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
Answer key: Remainder stories
- 1. 16 boats
- 2. 10
- 3. 8 boats
- 4. 2
- 5. 18 cars
- 6. 5 vans
- 7. 11
- 8. 12
- 9. 2
- 10. 9
- 11. 3
- 12. 5 bags
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